Police threatened me with£100 parking ticket

[Paulymojo]

I was parked on a double yellow line for a few minutes when a police officer arrived and told me he would give me a£100 fine if he saw me parked there again, is this legitimate or just an empty threat?

[des8]

The penalty for parking on yellow lines is issued by the local authority and is generally iro £70 (altho' not always).

Obstructing the highway (Highways Act 1980) is an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding level 3 (which is up to £1000), although generally dealt with by a fixed penalty notice of £100

So the officer was warning you that next time he would do you for obstruction and you would receive a FPN for £100


Highways Act 1980
sec137 Penalty for wilful obstruction.

(1)If a person, without lawful authority or excuse, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding[F1level 3 on the standard scale].