article_snippet: Waltham Forest Council defended the decision to separate parking bays, saying the lines are there to separate parking bays for residents from those reserved for hire cars.
article_snippet: Residents saw the funny side of the London no-parking zones.
article_snippet: While Phil Akell added: 'Phil Akell added: ' must have problems with unicyclists parking there.'
article_snippet: A spokesman for Waltham Forest Council said: 'These are installed to highlight the differing parking restrictions to motorists and to avoid any possible confusion as to what sign applies to which bay by providing some form of physical separation between the differing bays. '
article_snippet: Indeed in the past we have found that only providing a bay end markings to differentiate between contrasting parking bays can occasionally be obscured by the overhang of parked vehicles.'
article_snippet: These road markings on Hamilton Road in Chesterton are designed to separate a residents' parking zone with a pay and display area and motorists who park on the lines will face a £50 or £70 fine.
article_snippet: The road markings are designed to separate a residents' parking zone (left) with a pay and display area (right)
article_snippet: Cambridge County Council say The lines are to deter drivers from encroaching on disabled parking bays.
highlights_snippet: Amused residents called the two 12-inch no-parking zones 'pointless'
  Waltham Forest Council defended the decision to separate parking bays .