"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Hi all,.

At the north end of South Grove in Highgate, North London, are no-entry
signs with text beneath reading "No Entry Except From East". In effect
they
are saying that you can do a left-turn into South Grove but you can't do a
right-turn into it. There are none of the normal right-turn-banned signs
at
all. Since drivers are not legally required to carry a compass or know the
direction in which they are travelling at a particular moment, I don't see
how anyone could be successfully prosecuted for doing a right turn here. I
also don't see why they didn't just mount a right-turn-banned sign.

Agreed that it would be easier for all concerned if TPTB erected appropriate
signs but why does everything have to gave a law requiring people to behave
in a certain fashion or possess a specific item of knowledge? Are you
seriously suggesting that most people don't know which compass direction a
road lies along?