Penalty Through Post For Driving In Middle Of Road

[TraceRacing]

The bicycle logo (for the country dwellers) is that you score extra points if you knock one over...

[d000hg]

The bicycle logo (for the country dwellers) is that you score extra points if you knock one over...

In the country it would be a painting of a horse.

[PAH]

Are the little pictures of bicycles really necessary?

Yes. They're to make some people think those lanes at the side are for bikes only, so if they don't slow down and take in all the signs and markings they'll maybe go down the middle thinking it's a daft idea by some cretin that would rather use obfuscation than just put up a f*****g sign saying no lorries or vehicles over a certain size.

Stuff like this by moron humans, and excused by other moron humans as the best solution make me glad I don't have to live or work in these 'centres of population', otherwise known as tulipholes.

And yes, I've ignored plenty of this tulip in the past, providing there's no camera around.

[Cr1spy]

It's obviously setup as a cash cow for the local authority. Why else install an expensive monitoring camera on such a minor road.

However, the layout is (excessively) sign posted, so you don't have a chance in hell of winning a complaint. Another case of driver beware.

Satnav led me up a bus / taxi only road the other day. Waiting on a brown envelope...

[milanbenes]

Yes. They're to make some people think those lanes at the side are for bikes only,

well, I'm a bumpkin and I've never seen a road layout like that

and when I saw the picture I thought it mean't bikes down the side and cars in the middle but I didn't get the white lines in the diamond box

jeeeez there must be a separate highcode for townies cos that system is really confusing

Milan.

[PAH]

jeeeez there must be a separate highcode for townies cos that system is really confusing

Intentionally designed that way by the same people that designed the tax system. It's not about being efficient or helpful, it's about revenue generation.

[PAH]

Satnav led me up a bus / taxi only road the other day. Waiting on a brown envelope...

My twatnav is oblivious to one way systems and no entry signs. Maybe it's designed to be that crap or it needs an update.

Will an update work? Anyone got a satnav that knows how to navigate a typical town/city centre correctly?

[Paddy]

Anyone who has seen this first hand knows how difficult this can be

Englefield Rd to Englefield Rd, London N1, UK - Google Maps

I got a fine through the post for driving through the middle of the road and not to the left

My point is that the sign says 7"2 yet when I measured the actual space between the two bollards it is a lot less then 7"2 - More like 6"8

Should I just pay up or is it worth a fight?

There is no provision for that type of road layout in “The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 Act”. I suspect it is the Council that is exceeding there power yet again. Take a copy of the ticket and show us, I am interest on what grounds they want to fine you.

[doodab]

Anyone got a satnav that knows how to navigate a typical town/city centre correctly?

You need a HumanBrain. Try and get one from the 70s, they have better firmware.

[ASB]

Are there many of that sort of crud in that there London? Even if you could keep left e.g. on a motorbike that is still likely out of order because the cycle lane may be in operation.

WTF would be wrong with just a no motor vehicles sign. Except for milking the cash cow of course.