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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: PCN - TfL - Entering a box junction - Great West Road / Windmill Road
« on: November 14, 2023, 01:46:44 pm »
Stopping the video at 1:27, you are right that I could have easily taken the left lane, the same can be said at 1:25, when I enter the box. At that point however I think I was not aware that the bus was going to come to a full stop, the traffic lights on the right-hand side of the road where behind the bus and the left-hand side ones had not come into my view yet. At that point all three vehicles are also moving. The bus stops at 1:29, from 1:29 to 1:32 you can see me trying to make it to the gap left by the bus, at 1:32 I stop. The mopped had already stopped at 1:30, though, and at 1:33 it starts moving again, undertaking me.
I don't know whether it matters, but if I made representations saying I stopped because of the mopped, can't they easily then say why didn't I move after the mopped undertook me?, from 1:37 to 1:43 in the video.
The combination of me not being aware the bus was going to stop and the mopped being so close behind me and so close to the left side of the road, as if going to undertake me, meant I took a wider than necessary turn to the left. Then the bus stopped and given that I had taken a wide turn I was positioned in such a way that, at the time, I didn't think I could get to the gap without hitting the bus or reversing, the video shows that maybe I could have gone through without reversing, but that is not that clear to me. I did consider reversing, but I thought that was more dangerous than just staying put (and more likely to lead to a PCN oddly enough).
I don't know whether it matters, but if I made representations saying I stopped because of the mopped, can't they easily then say why didn't I move after the mopped undertook me?, from 1:37 to 1:43 in the video.
The combination of me not being aware the bus was going to stop and the mopped being so close behind me and so close to the left side of the road, as if going to undertake me, meant I took a wider than necessary turn to the left. Then the bus stopped and given that I had taken a wide turn I was positioned in such a way that, at the time, I didn't think I could get to the gap without hitting the bus or reversing, the video shows that maybe I could have gone through without reversing, but that is not that clear to me. I did consider reversing, but I thought that was more dangerous than just staying put (and more likely to lead to a PCN oddly enough).