In message , at 23:30:41 on Fri, 19
Nov 2004, Neil Williams remarked:
Unless the charges apply during a certain time and outside of that time no
parking is permitted at all. Unlikely, but possible.

I would say that "no parking is permitted at all" is quite a severe
restriction!

Indeed - though it does exist. There are (or were) some spaces near
Milton Keynes central shopping centre where parking is not permitted
at all by anyone between something like 7:30am-9:30am to stop
employees parking there and thus to keep some spaces near the centre
available for shoppers.

Yes, and also very common in streets near commuter railway stations. I
first saw it in Shenfield (Essex) about 20 years ago.

And there's another situation, which applies to car parks: Some P&R
close at night, and ban overnight parking. The ones in Cambridge are
either doing this already, or will soon.
--
Roland Perry