Penalty Charge notice for taking left turn..

[Blah Blah]

No it wouldn't. You don't get fined for being in the wrong lane.

[seenbeen]

If I've ever had a penalty notice there is always a photo. Could this be a scam? There was a spate of scam emails accusing people of speeding in the past.

[dresswaves]

Charlie Bravo Wrote:

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> I got one last year, after much arguing the sign

> was there there is blue arrow sign about 100 yards

> back the camera in mounted on top of the Kumon

> building to the right and the traffic lights have

> arrows pointing straight forward it's a fair cop

> unfortunately.

Well they must be making millions in fines then. I drove over that junction today, & do at least once a week, plenty of cars turning left. No blue signs, no no left turn signs & big white arrow on inside lane pointing ahead & left.

[dresswaves]

The only blue arrow is on the bollard at the pedestrian crossing before the lights by Tesco. It?s to stop you going into the left hand lane at the pedestrian crossing which is a bus lane. Could this be what the fine is for?

[KidKruger]

Not a fair cop at all IMO !!

[matthew123]

These are the two photos which prove my innocence. One me taking a left turn from the roadside camera, and the second a photo I took yesterday approaching the junction where it is clearly marked you can take a left turn.

[sunbob]

The photo of your car looks like it is not at that corner but the one opposite, making an illegal left turn from Peckham Rye South bound into East Dulwich road, because there is grass instead of a building and 2 black uprights close to eachother on the pavement.

[matthew123]

Nah there is enough in the photo for them to work out it's taking a left turn at the junction from East Dulwich Road onto Peckham Rye.

[sunbob]

It's definitely not that corner. If you expand you can even make out the small fence post on the grass.

[matthew123]

I've just gone onto the web site to the challenge it, and the photos are clearer and I've made a mistake. It's on the other corner (the one corner you cannot turn left). I recollect now a few weeks ago driving down Peckham Rye and there was a huge log jam, did a u-turn and took an illegal left turn.. in the other photos you can see a van in front of me has led the way with a left turn as well. Ouch! They must have a made a lot of money that day the council :-(

[Blackcurrant]

Yes you're turning left from Peckham rye onto ED rd. It's been fun trying to solve the mystery - good you cracked it yourself. You'll have to cough up.

I've had quite a few fines from turnings and one way streets in bermondsey due to not knowing the streets and not seeing the signs in time. Pain in the neck.

[matthew123]

Lucky I saw the option of challenging it online to see the clearer photos otherwise I'd be heading towards ?200 fine. So I'm putting this experience down to saving myself ?135!

[Blackcurrant]

I've challenged private parking fines and won, buy they are known to be a racket. I wouldn't ever bother challenging southwark's network of spycams.

[Cora]

Maybe someone could help explain why I have got a Penalty Notice for turning right from Peckham Rye Junction onto East Dulwich Road. 'Failing to drive in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign'. I'm sure you can usually turn right? If it was a blue sign would that be temporary one?.....

Wish I hadn't gone to the re-cycling centre....should have called bulk waste collection for ?16!

[RichH]

You're not allowed to turn right, or left there (assuming you were heading Southbound at the Kings Arms junction.) The vertical white arrow on the blue sign means ahead only. It's not a temporary sign.

[ed_pete]

Yep - no right turn - ahead only.

 

[Cora]

Yep, thanks....completely missed that! Thanks for showing how clear it is!! Time to pay up.....

[Ontherun]

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