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Despite battling to avoid various fines weekly in London, I have just received a PCN for stopping on a red route.
I was in an HGV and pulled across to the opposite side of the road at 6.59 am to do a u-turn by reversing into a side street.To get into position, I admit that for a short time, I was stationary on the solid red lines as I had to wait for a few oncoming vehicles to pass before making my maneuver.
We did appeal, but it was rejected and they claim that they saw no evidence of what I described and instead just showed three images of my vehicle stopped by the side of the road.
Is it worth fighting, or is it black and white and I am stuffed either way? The letter states I was there for "less than a minute" so it could be ten or so seconds from memory.
I can appeal again, of course, but I then face bailiff visitations, a remortgage to pay the increased fine and five years in Guantanamo should I fail.
I guess I just hate the fact that I negotiate my way around the poxy place, constantly battling with box junction scams, timed zones, low emission areas and four inch overhangs of my 40 or so feet allowing them to coin it in and then get fined for turning round.
I was in an HGV and pulled across to the opposite side of the road at 6.59 am to do a u-turn by reversing into a side street.To get into position, I admit that for a short time, I was stationary on the solid red lines as I had to wait for a few oncoming vehicles to pass before making my maneuver.
We did appeal, but it was rejected and they claim that they saw no evidence of what I described and instead just showed three images of my vehicle stopped by the side of the road.
Is it worth fighting, or is it black and white and I am stuffed either way? The letter states I was there for "less than a minute" so it could be ten or so seconds from memory.
I can appeal again, of course, but I then face bailiff visitations, a remortgage to pay the increased fine and five years in Guantanamo should I fail.
I guess I just hate the fact that I negotiate my way around the poxy place, constantly battling with box junction scams, timed zones, low emission areas and four inch overhangs of my 40 or so feet allowing them to coin it in and then get fined for turning round.
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