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Mr Quinn-Smith appeals against this PCN because he says that the signage for the no entry to motor vehicles restriction in Leahurst Road is not adequate to alert motorists to the prohibited route.

I therefore have to consider whether the signage is in clear view of the approaching motorist with time for the motorist to process the restrictions and safely take evasive action. I have looked at both the CCTV footage and the still images submitted by the Council. In my judgement, there is a very real danger that the motorist will not see the no entry to motor vehicles sign until it is too late to safely take evasive action. As Mr Quinn-Smith says, the signage is "at the point of no return" where there is a traffic island preventing a safe manoeuvre to avoid the prohibited route. I accept Mr Quinn-Smith's evidence that he entered Leahurst Road from Orchid Close so that he did not pass the advance warning sign. I do not, in any event, consider that the advance warning sign, with a small roundel attached to a post on the far right hand side of a wide road 50 yards in advance of the restricted route, is an adequate substitute for clear signage at the point of entry.