On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:05:30 +0100, John Rowland
wrote in :

What's the easiest way to find out whether the right turn from Peckham Hill
Street to Peckham High Street is banned? The geometry of the junction
suggests that it is banned, but doesn't make it impossible.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll...02494&t=k&om=1

There are no signs or road markings banning it. Windows Live Local thinks
it's banned, and so does my TomTom. Maybe it used to be banned, but isn't
anymore, and they haven't rebuilt the junction? It seems odd that you would
have to go through two separate stop lines and two separate traffic light
phases to do a legal right turn.

Obviously you can't be prosecuted for doing it, but I'd rather not be
driving down there one day only to find that signs which had been removed by
vandals had been reinstated.

The big question is whether there's a camera the
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News Release
August 14, 2006

Enforcement of Illegal Traffic Movements

"Drivers who disobey road markings and traffic signs, including banned
right turns, no-entry, one-way streets and box junctions will be hit with
a Penalty Charge Notice for £50, if caught on camera from 1st. September
2006. The council will also fine drivers who block yellow .zig-zag. keep
clear markings outside schools.

London councils have been given powers to take on the enforcement of
moving traffic offences under the London Local Authority Act 2003.
Following successful pilots in other London boroughs, the council is
taking over responsibility for these matters from the Police.

Initially, the council will concentrate its enforcement on congestion and
accident hotspots plus known areas where drivers break the rules.
Enforcement will be based on CCTV evidence recorded from mobile CCTV units
that will be clearly marked. Trained officers will issue penalty notices
by observing and recording potential offences.

When an offence has been witnessed, a penalty charge notice will be sent
to the registered vehicle keeper by post. The £50 fine will increase to
£100 if it is not paid within 14 days. As with all parking tickets,
everyone has the right to appeal by writing to the address on the back of
the ticket. All revenue raised from fines can only be used for borough
wide traffic improvement schemes. Posters are being placed on advertising
boards around the borough, to remind motorists that they risk being fined
if they break the rules.

Cllr Keith Burrows, Cabinet Member for Planning and Transportation, said:
'Hillingdon Council hopes its enforcement against moving traffic
contraventions, which are all in the highway code, will lead to an
improvement in road safety and better traffic flow through the borough.s
road network. Drivers that ignore the road signs are not only endangering
themselves, but are also endangering other road users. Stopping
inconsiderate drivers will result in safer roads and less congestion for
local road users'."
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I counted 11 new cameras in one block of Yiewsley High Street last
weekend...

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