London Borough - Drivers Succeed Every Penalty Appeal
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Amazing. I’ve won an appeal against Newham council but they did put up a fight:-
Greenwich Council: Drivers succeed in every penalty charge notice appeal https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67066...
Greenwich Council: Drivers succeed in every penalty charge notice appeal https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67066...
Given this:
'Unfamiliar with the area, I had been preparing to turn left as directed by my sat-nav. But I was then horrified to see the words "bus lane" suddenly appear from under the bus in front of me and then disappear under my front wheels before I could take evasive action. I later went back to the bus lane to find it was undotted and had no advance warning lettering on the road - a requirement to indicate the beginning of a bus lane.'
- I would say justice has been done. I shall not grieve for Greenwich Council.
'Unfamiliar with the area, I had been preparing to turn left as directed by my sat-nav. But I was then horrified to see the words "bus lane" suddenly appear from under the bus in front of me and then disappear under my front wheels before I could take evasive action. I later went back to the bus lane to find it was undotted and had no advance warning lettering on the road - a requirement to indicate the beginning of a bus lane.'
- I would say justice has been done. I shall not grieve for Greenwich Council.
Journalist like to throw the word horrified into any story.
Luton car park fire "I was horrified when I realised my car was in that same car park"
HS2 cancelled route "It's horyfying to think there will be no HS2 in Birmingham"
I was interviewed by a local rag about a new road being built through a housing estate. "We spoke to local long term resident, nismocat, who was horrified to learn that the new road would plough it's way through the estate where he grew up"
I said no such thing.
What I said was "If the road is needed then so be it" That's it!
I had only been there six months.
I would be horrified if my whole family had been murdered in an air strike or someone had been buming my dog in a container. Both at the same time would be devastating. I love that dog, but not enough to bum it.
Luton car park fire "I was horrified when I realised my car was in that same car park"
HS2 cancelled route "It's horyfying to think there will be no HS2 in Birmingham"
I was interviewed by a local rag about a new road being built through a housing estate. "We spoke to local long term resident, nismocat, who was horrified to learn that the new road would plough it's way through the estate where he grew up"
I said no such thing.
What I said was "If the road is needed then so be it" That's it!
I had only been there six months.
I would be horrified if my whole family had been murdered in an air strike or someone had been buming my dog in a container. Both at the same time would be devastating. I love that dog, but not enough to bum it.
Edited by nismocat on Tuesday 24th October 05:30
I’ve experienced something similar, I’ve turned left onto a side street thats one way. Only to find, literally 15 meters of this one way road is a bus lane, then reverts back to a normal road again.
What a coincidence.
If it’s a one way road, how was I supposed to avoid driving down it? Could I have reversed out of it onto the main road?
What a coincidence.
If it’s a one way road, how was I supposed to avoid driving down it? Could I have reversed out of it onto the main road?
It's odd that Greenwich have allowed this situation to occur.
Councils in London, especially inner London, make significant income from traffic fines, which helps subsidise other highway related expenditure
Spending a bit on staff and signage would pay itself back in this case.
I think there is a place for proper enforcement of parking, red routes, yellow box junctions etc, but it has to be fair.
It would be a shame if valid penalties caused by deliberate bad driving were getting overturned due to the lack of any defence imo.
Councils in London, especially inner London, make significant income from traffic fines, which helps subsidise other highway related expenditure
Spending a bit on staff and signage would pay itself back in this case.
I think there is a place for proper enforcement of parking, red routes, yellow box junctions etc, but it has to be fair.
It would be a shame if valid penalties caused by deliberate bad driving were getting overturned due to the lack of any defence imo.
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