Parking

For pupil safety

The yellow ‘zig-zag’ keep clear road markings outside Glasgow’s schools are a common feature and are there for the safety of pupils.

These road markings help protect pupils by giving them clear sightlines when crossing roads outside their school. They also create clear sightlines for passing motorists.

Where there are yellow zig-zag ‘keep clear’ markings on the road way and the following parking panel is present, it will be illegal to stop during the days and times shown:

Enforcement & penalties

Drivers who stop or park on the road markings could face the following:

• A £60 penalty charge notice
• Their vehicle reported for uplift to the vehicle pound
• A £105 charge to recover their vehicle.

Glasgow City Council has taken this measure in order to tackle the problem of parent/guardians stopping vehicles on the keep clear markings.

Despite the best efforts of the city’s schools, parent-teacher associations and the Council’s Road Safety Education unit, many parent/guardians continue to park on the road markings.

Background to the new TRO

In August 2004 an experimental Traffic Regulation Order was created which allowed for penalty charge notices to be issued to vehicles stopped on school keep clear markings.

Following the success of the pilot, Head Teachers and School Boards were contacted to canvas opinion with all responses received expressing a desire to retain the enforceable markings and to extend the cover to all markings outside schools.

Further Information School Parking Campaign - leaflet (PDF 2694k) Land and Environmental Services                     Parking Unit 48 Albion Street Glasgow G1 1ZE Phone: 0141 287 4040 E-mail: lsparking@glasgow.gov.uk