Insufficient location on PCN?

[Slibowicz]

Hi, I recieved a PCN from the local council in relation to "performing a prohibited turn - no right turn" this morning.

 

The issue I have with this is that the sole location given for the offence is just "The Bridge" - no road, no postcode, and I know I went under 2 or 3 bridges on my way back from where I'd been.

 

Obviously there's more than one bridge in this borough, so I'm curious as to whether this could be grounds for an appeal on the grounds of location info being insufficient, as I haven't the foggiest which bridge they're actually referring TO, and the pic they've got does NOT show much else other than the road surface and my car.

[ErnestoChe]

i have just had the same... THE BRIDGE... i believe it to be Harrow somewhere... I cannot remember doing an illegal right turn. I do not know where it is? was your bridge in Harrow?

[Michael Browne]

The Bridge, Harrow: No right turn except buses and cycles:

 

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=the+Bridge+,+Harrow&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=The+Bridge,+Harrow,+Greater+London+HA3+5,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.591978,-0.333501&spn=0.001255,0.001733&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.592062,-0.333586&panoid=Cw_o3mNbaIx_-FUjkf5Ibw&cbp=12,142.22,,0,5

[Slibowicz]

Yep, that certainly looks like the fella - I don't mind paying up now that it actually makes sense, as I had some business round that area at that time so it a possibility. Still a tad confusing though! Thanks for the speedy responses!

Edited September 8, 2010 by Slibowicz

[ptol]

that streetview looks scary.

 

You are pulling up to what looks like a straight on. and there are none of the blue Bus / Cycle only road signs or no entry signs, just some small text that states the restriction.

 

How easy is that to miss!

[Michael Browne]

that streetview looks scary.

 

. and there are none of the blue Bus / Cycle only road signs or no entry signs, just some small text that states the restriction.

 

Plus a no right turn sign on each of the three traffic signals

[crem]

Plus a no right turn sign on each of the three traffic signals

yes, but as ptol says, it looks just as much like a straight on junction at the time you see the lights than a right turn. I think it would be far better with a "No Entry" sign each side of the entrance with the bus/cycle exception written underneath.