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I would suggest it’s only common amongst drivers who gun it when amber appears. It’s not common amongst those who treat amber in the same way as red – i.e. it means “stop”.

My experience - especially in large cities like London - shows that the drivers who really intend to jump the lights - do this at the expense of others. And those who crossed the stop line on green may face a number of scenarios: 1) The traffic in front of them comes to a standstill; 2) A car from another lane swerves and blocks the way forward; 3) A cyclist/pedestrian appears on your way and so on. The light changes and the car is over the stop line. And had the driver stopped before the stop line - they may never make it through as everyone from all sides will try to get in front of them. This is a common scenario where box junctions are not present.
Not to mention the scenario when the light changes to amber and you see in the mirror that the car behind you started to accelerate (when I contracted in Greece, this was one of the instructions to British drivers).
I understand this may not be the right place for a discussion, but for me it leaves a question of how not to fall a victim when you started crossing on green but were prevented from reaching the exit.

Thank you for looking into this. I'd say that on a busy road it is not realistic for the driver to ascertain if the rear wheels are a few centimetres on the either side of the line when most of the body is past it. Which brings me to a scenario about how the red light cameras work (it is likely the one that occurred):if a car stopped over the line for whatever reason (car in front, emergency vehicle, pedestrian) and the light changed to red - will the camera be triggered? Or only if the car keeps moving? And if a car has to move for any reason (e.g. driver behind it not intending to stop)?
"The offence is committed if any part of the vehicle moves over the stop line whilst red is illuminated " - is the camera triggered by the weight of the wheels or by any part of the body passing? I'm just trying to work out the proper course of action for a driver who crossed the stop line on green or yellow but had to stop and the light changed to red.
I always believed - apparently wrong - that the offence is to start crossing the line (or moving past the camera) after the light had turned red and the car that had already crossed the line has either to keep moving or to stop - whichever is safe.

Yes, the round sign - if it has not been replaced by the rectangular one in the evidence - is mandatory. Different contravention, but now it is getting clearer. Thank you.

The blue rectangular sign with white arrow in the evidence is informational and only confirms that the car was moving in the allowed direction on Maple Street. It does not place a restriction by itself in my understanding of the Highway Code.

Barnet PALS was useless.
Royal Free parking services are more sensible: rf-tr.parkingrfl@nhs.net.

It is one of the ANPR cameras operated car park, where parking time is measured between entrance and exit shots without any evidence of actual parking.

Thank you!

I've briefly stopped at the entrance to the Leisure Centre car park today, causing the fury of other drivers, to take pictures (added to Imgur).

When turning from Champions Way towards the car park, there is a single sign on the right. From the car I can only read "Private Land. Pay and Park". Anything below that is in a small font that is not readable from the car in the left lane. There are no signs at the entrance to the marked parking spaces, but there are signs spread around the car park.

Not sure how it can help my future defence, but I feel confident that no ANPR warnings were missed deliberately as they were not visible from a moving car.

Thank you.

Is it worth adding to the appeal that (if my understanding is correct) according to paragraph 9 of PoFA 2012 "The relevant period for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) is the period of 14 days beginning with the day after that on which the specified period of parking ended", meaning PCN was issued 3 days after 14 days period?
Or it will change nothing and my appeals to Gemini and IAS (I've heard about their notoriety before) are nominal and the case will proceed to the court anyway?

Really useful - thank you.

I don't have any immediate plans to be way but 6 years is a long period...

Is there any benefit in requesting the original PCN or complaining to the Copthall Leisure Centre?