If you have a properly constructed vehicular crossing and are experiencing inconsiderate parking, consideration may be given to providing you with a white 'H bar' road marking. The marking is purely advisory and is designed to discourage inconsiderate parking.

If you prefer, you can tell us about a road issue anonymously, but you will miss out on the benefits of having an account such as getting progress updates.

If it is a safety issue, we will attend and make safe within three hours. Illuminated bollard and statutory signs are repaired within 24 hours; replacements are installed within ten days. Other issues will be dealt with within five days.

Road markings are used to define carriageway lanes and edges, parking and waiting restrictions and to convey warnings and other instructions to road users. Road markings are subject to considerable wear. All our roads are subject to safety inspections at least annually, and this includes identifying any markings that are badly damaged or degraded.

Many traffic signs and bollards are lit at night so that the warnings to motorists are clearly visible. We are responsible for about 8,000 of them and they have a maintenance inspection once a year. Routine highway inspections, and reports from the public identify any faults and condition problems that may arise in between maintenance inspections. Common faults are:

Other road markings are enforceable by the police - call North Yorkshire Police on 101. We, as a highway authority, have no powers of enforcement.

US trafficsigns

This map shows the current status of state legislation and police department policies regarding public access to police body-worn cameras (“bodycams” or “BWCs”) around the United States under public records laws. See more notes below.

In some cases, either of inconsiderate parking or queuing traffic, a 'Keep Clear' road marking can be provided but this would have to be assessed to see if it would help or result in more problems in the area. 'Keep Clear' markings are only advisory and cannot be enforced by the police.

We will only be consider applications for traffic mirrors at junctions in rural areas when specific criteria can be met. This will only include sites where:

Trafficsignsand meaning

We may serve notice to remove illegal signs and those that are obstructing public use of the roads. We can charge £50 per item to remove them. We also have the right to recover any additional transport and disposal costs from the owner.

Traffic light

We may serve notice to remove illegal signs and those that are obstructing public use of the roads. We can charge £50 per item to remove them. We also have the right to recover any additional transport and disposal costs from the owner.

To search the map, click on the button at the top right to open in full-screen. You can then search by city, state, or police department.

The Reporters Committee will update this map as new information becomes available. If you have information that you would like to contribute to this map, please let us know, or send email directly to guides [at] rcfp.org with “Bodycam update” in the subject line.

Police department policies can be found by clicking on the black camera icons. The wording of each department’s policy regarding public access is shown in the description section. Please note — some police departments that have deployed body cameras may not have a written policy.

The color of the state indicates the status of legislation regarding access to BWC videos. By clicking the state you can find more information and see a link to the bill(s) and/or case(s).

The Highway Code

If it is an emergency and poses a safety risk, contact us. Out of office hours, call North Yorkshire Police on 101. If there is danger to life, call 999.

MUTCD

Information about how to report a problem with a road sign, marking or bollard and details about how they are maintained.

With the release of the new traffic signs regulations, we can now install traffic mirrors without special permission from the Department for Transport. This makes the process easier. However, stringent criteria will continue to be applied before any traffic mirror is introduced on the public highway.

The council provides services across North Yorkshire including Harrogate, Ripon, Scarborough, Whitby, Northallerton, Thirsk, Selby, Tadcaster, Malton, Pickering, Richmond, Skipton and more.

Traffic mirrors must be convex and the frame must be of a single colour (black, grey, yellow or white) and they are not permitted in urban areas.

Motorways and trunk roads such as the A1, A1(M), M62, A66, A66(M), A64, A168 (Dishforth to Thirsk) and A19 (north of Thirsk) must be reported to National Highways.

Because only a few states have passed state-wide rules regarding public access to BWC footage, most police departments are left to determine their own rules. As more states pass regulations, individual policies may change to comply with the state’s uniform policies.

Roadsign

A fee is charged for a new marking, although blue badge holders are exempt from the fee. To request consideration for a new marking, contact us.

Each year, we receive and investigate several hundred requests for additional signs. Commonly requested signs include give way, junction, bend warning signs, warning chevrons, pedestrian and children signs, housing development signs  - providing local directions to new sites - and tourism signs. New traffic signs will normally only be provided:

If the access is obstructed, rather than just making it difficult to access the property, the police should deal with this matter.