Hello,
Hoping to get some advice. I have yet to receive a PCN but I think it will arrive soon. It's related to a pedestrian zone because of a school street. It's on Brockley Rise in Lewisham.
I assume this was a recent sign as it doesn't show on all google maps photos. It's the first time I've been down this road so I wasn't aware of the sign. The gist of it is that the sign is quite far down and in front of a one way street. It's placed so far down that you've essentially entered a one-way lane by the time you see the sign. This made it impossible to turn around without doing an illegal turn. I've added photos and more details below:
I was driving down Gladiator Street in Lewisham and turned right on to Brockley Rise. Once I turned onto Brockley Rise, I saw the sign for the pedestrian zone at specific times. There were no signs earlier on Gladiator Street to indicate this and resulted in my car being trapped into going down the street. I have provided images of the street and the turn.
Corner of Gladiator Street facing Brockley Rise. There is no way you can see the sign from this corner as you are turning. Especially when navigating a turn across a street.
https://ibb.co/HLVtmrt6The photo below shows the intersection in question. Showing the start of the one way street. The red circle is where the sign is. Blue box is where I paused my car but didn't see any other option than to keep going.
https://ibb.co/whz7V5LwBelow is a another view from the far where no turn was possible. Basically a 1 way. Sign was after the speed bump. I had stopped at the speed bump to look around at my options but felt I had none. Either risk going down a one way once past the speed bump; reverse on a one way section for a long time past the island; or reverse partially and do a awkward 3 point turn onto the partition. These all would have been illegal maneuvers
https://ibb.co/q3ywqVKcBased on all the above, do you think I can appeal this? I've never done one before so any advice on how to approach this is much appreciated.
Thank you!!
