I was up in the North of England earlier this month and came across several road signs mentioning a “Disc Zone”. From the signs, it is obvious that they a form of parking restriction, but what makes Disc Zones unique is that parking is enforced by drivers displaying a “disc” (piece of card with spinning circle) with the time they arrived.
We didn’t park up in one so I have limited knowledge, but I read up that discs can be purchased in local shops upon parking, while some local authorities will allow you to use the same one on repeat occasions. I guess the advantage of using these instead of pay and display machines is that they are cheaper to manufacture in lightly visited areas, but the main issue I see is that someone could go back to their car and change the time on the disc to grant themselves more free parking time.
I also subsequently read up on Voucher Parking zones, which seem largely similar except you display a voucher rather than a disc, and Meter Zones which use traditional parking meters (different from pay & display machines as each space is allocated its own) but are a rarity these days. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sign for one outside of the Highway Code.
Are there any parking experts on here who might be able to elaborate on these different zone types, including pros and cons of each? Also would be keen to find out if there are particular reasons why one type of zone might be used over another.
We didn’t park up in one so I have limited knowledge, but I read up that discs can be purchased in local shops upon parking, while some local authorities will allow you to use the same one on repeat occasions. I guess the advantage of using these instead of pay and display machines is that they are cheaper to manufacture in lightly visited areas, but the main issue I see is that someone could go back to their car and change the time on the disc to grant themselves more free parking time.
I also subsequently read up on Voucher Parking zones, which seem largely similar except you display a voucher rather than a disc, and Meter Zones which use traditional parking meters (different from pay & display machines as each space is allocated its own) but are a rarity these days. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sign for one outside of the Highway Code.
Are there any parking experts on here who might be able to elaborate on these different zone types, including pros and cons of each? Also would be keen to find out if there are particular reasons why one type of zone might be used over another.