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Allan
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Blue kerbs

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For some reason a number of kerbs in the centre of my village have been painted blue with no explanatory signs.

Does anyone know what if anything it signifies.
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Post by Smiley G »

Allan, this might be your answer;
Blue Zones
In many cities and towns there are ‘blue zones’ ( zone bleue), indicated by blue street markings. Here you can park free for one hour between 09.00 and 12.00 and from 14.00 or 14.30 until 19.00 from Mondays to Saturdays, with no limit outside these hours or on Sundays and public holidays. Parking isn’t restricted between 12.00 and 14.00, meaning you can park free from 11.00 until 14.00 or from 12.00 until 15.00. You must display a parking disc ( disque de contrôle/stationnement) in your windscreen.

These are available free or for a small fee from garages, travel agencies, motoring organisations, tourist offices, police stations, tobacconists’ and some shops. Set your time of arrival in the left box, and the time you should leave by is displayed in the right box, e.g. if you set 10.00 in the left box, 11.00 is displayed in the right box. If you overstay your free time, you can be fined.
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Post by Allan »

I saw the reference to blue zones but there are no parking disks in the village and the blue kerbs have been there for some time.

Maybe it is a blue zone in the making but like a lot of villages there is no parking enforcement.
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