A Wellington resident has admitted illegally painting yellow lines on his street, but says it was an act of desperation for public safety.
Russell Taylor been painting the yellow lines for 20 years in a bid to stop cars parking either side of the road.
Taylor has lived in Holloway Rd in Aro Valley since the 1970s, and has seen his fair share of accidents and near-collisions on the tight and narrow street.
"Cars can park there, they just shouldn't park on the blind corners," he told Newstalk ZB's Rachel Smalley.
"They should make it so that the fire engines and the ambulances and the rubbish truck etc etc can get through.