[General] By the red curb

[B45]

I'm picking up take out from a restaurant and the server is taking very long to get my order ready. I reluctantly ask him to hurry up because I tell him this -

"Excuse sir, but I hate to ask you this, but could you please prepare my food a little quicker as I've been waiting for almost half an hour and my car is parked by a/the red curb (in the red zone, by the red line)

Do all three makes sense?

 

[B45]

Can someone please answer this question for me?

Kind Regards

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

I suppose the red zone is one in which parking is either prohibited or allowed for a limited duration.

"In the red zone", sounds fine to me.

In England there are yellow lines and one would say, "I'm parked on a yellow line." So "on the red line" is probably better than "by the red line."

 

[B45]

I am not a teacher.

I suppose the red zone is one in which parking is either prohibited or allowed for a limited duration.

"In the red zone", sounds fine to me.

In England there are yellow lines and one would say, "I'm parked on a yellow line." So "on the red line" is probably better than "by the red line."

But the red is painted on the curb.

 

[Barb_D]

Will it be ready soon? I'm illegally parked.

 

[emsr2d2]

I would be more likely to say "I'm parked illegally" than Barb's word order, but that's probably a BrE vs AmE difference.

 

[Tdol]

But the red is painted on the curb.

That doesn't really matter- we'd still use on in BrE.