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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / SANDWELL - Contravention 46 Stopped Where Prohibited (Red Route), Wolverhampton Road Oldbury
« on: August 05, 2026, 12:25:02 am »
Date of Contravention - 17/07/2026
My car was recorded by CCTV outside my home after I had reversed out of my garage and was waiting for a gap in the traffic to start my journey.
An image on the PCN shows that the way was not clear for me to join the traffic.
The CCTV camera which recorded the alleged contravention seems to be mounted in a vehicle positioned on the carriageway so as to be preventing me from joining the traffic flow at the time of the video recording.
During the entire time of the video recording I was behind the wheel of the car with the engine running awaiting a gap in the traffic.
I would maintain that I was in the middle of manoeuvring from my garage onto the carriageway to commence a journey and that it is impossible to execute such a manoeuvre without being stationary at some point.
The section of the road where i live is notorious for many accidents. It is for this reason I choose not to reverse off my property directly onto the carriageway but rather reverse partially onto the verge adjacent to the red route in order to join the traffic in a safer fashion. The PCN shows my car in this stationary position on the verge. In December 2023 on the carriageway running past my home I was hit by another driver in a no fault collision and my car was written off.
I phoned the Sandwell contact number on the PCN and explained the situation as above. The agent maintained that because I was partially on the verge that I was at fault but said that I had the right to appeal. This attitude didn't fill me with much confidence.
This is the link to the PCN:
https://imgpile.com/p/YyYvKnZ
As the location is directly outside my home I'd rather not post a link to the incident site on google maps but if this is essential please let me know and I'll add a link to the thread.
I really appreciate you taking a look at this.
My car was recorded by CCTV outside my home after I had reversed out of my garage and was waiting for a gap in the traffic to start my journey.
An image on the PCN shows that the way was not clear for me to join the traffic.
The CCTV camera which recorded the alleged contravention seems to be mounted in a vehicle positioned on the carriageway so as to be preventing me from joining the traffic flow at the time of the video recording.
During the entire time of the video recording I was behind the wheel of the car with the engine running awaiting a gap in the traffic.
I would maintain that I was in the middle of manoeuvring from my garage onto the carriageway to commence a journey and that it is impossible to execute such a manoeuvre without being stationary at some point.
The section of the road where i live is notorious for many accidents. It is for this reason I choose not to reverse off my property directly onto the carriageway but rather reverse partially onto the verge adjacent to the red route in order to join the traffic in a safer fashion. The PCN shows my car in this stationary position on the verge. In December 2023 on the carriageway running past my home I was hit by another driver in a no fault collision and my car was written off.
I phoned the Sandwell contact number on the PCN and explained the situation as above. The agent maintained that because I was partially on the verge that I was at fault but said that I had the right to appeal. This attitude didn't fill me with much confidence.
This is the link to the PCN:
https://imgpile.com/p/YyYvKnZ
As the location is directly outside my home I'd rather not post a link to the incident site on google maps but if this is essential please let me know and I'll add a link to the thread.
I really appreciate you taking a look at this.