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Unenforced traffic ban on oxford street
In message , Jim Brown
writes So its the most famous street in London where normal traffic isnt allowed but it doesnt seem to be enforced at all leading to quite a lot of supposedly banned traffic using it. The official ban is for no vehicles except buses, taxis and cycles from 7 a.m. to 7pm. Monday to Saturday. The signs are meant to turn off outside these times but frequently do not. You can legally enter Oxford Street from Poland Street (forced left but there is no ban on the U turn if you can do so without obstructing other road users), Binney Street and Hills Place. Or does it mean that traffic is banned except for unloading, local access, disabled traffic, minicabs etc. so infact its much like a normal road? No one seems to enforce the rules so it gets progressively worse as people get to know that they will not be stopped. It's the same in Western Road, Brighton. That's the trouble. With no one enforcing the rules there is a greater and greater disregard for the law. This ends up with the authorities saying that the problem is too great to deal with so that the problem becomes progressively worse. That used to be the case when parking enforcement was done by police controlled wardens, but with local authority parking wardens now enforcing the rules there are now less infringements. Perhaps there should be a similar system in place for those who flout the laws in Oxford Street Now don't get me started on those who use the bus lanes when they shouldn't :-)) Mike -- Mike Hughes A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England |
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