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Good afternoon all,

Today I have received a PCN for turning into Oakwood Crescent from Prince George Avenue N21.

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There was no warning that the road was restricted at that time until you actually turn onto the road.  I immediately stopped and got out to check the signage, saw the restriction, turned the car around and left the road.

The evidence on the council site rather specifically cuts the video evidence at the point where I open the door to get out to check the signage - totally removing the part where I get back in to turn around and go back the way I came.

The street view images aren't up to date and are missing for the parts of the junction that are relevant, so I will attempt to get photos.  I will also upload photos of the PCN when I can but it looks to be a pretty standard letter.


Here is one of the photos from the PCN which shows the signage and the distance I travelled into the road.


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Since I didn't actually drive down the road and turned around as soon as I realised I am hopeful that one of you wonderful people can help me successfully appeal the case.

I live round the corner from here so can check for you if needed.

I'm pretty sure there are warning signs but can't be 100%=- were you approaching from the West (Oakwood) or East (Green Dragon Lane)?

Hi all, thanks for your help so far.

I am not too familiar with the area but I believe we were approaching from Oakwood, I turned right onto Oakwood Crescent.

I have uploaded the PCN, video and pictures from the PCN into this folder:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11N0Bx3pk_mPbarRvPPxcc0c_6DZ1l_PR?usp=sharing

I have also taken two photographs showing:

1) the only signs before the turn are a 'Traffic Enforcement Cameras' sign on the right, and a School sign and Humped Crossing sign on the left.  No sign warning of a restricted entry road coming up.

2) the tree right in the way of the view of the road we turned into obscuring the signs.

The video clearly shows us stopping immediately after entering the road, and it is clear from the car's road position that I opened the door to get out to look at the sign rather than to park the car, which is what we believe they are trying to show by cutting the video where they did.

The picture of the numberplate is also from the front of the car so it is clear that we have turned around to not use the road.

The fact that the house on the corner and the junction has been blurred on GSV and the fact that GSV is fairly up to date 50 yards either side of the junction suggests the council may have requested GSV to restrict the view as well, but I may just be overly cynical at this point.

Thanks again for the help!

@MrChips I would say that area of Prince George Ave get very congested with heavy traffic (as can be seen in the still posted by the OP) it would be very easy to miss those signs until you are committed to the turn between constant oncoming traffic.