Bath Bridge Roundabout, Temple Gate compulsory direction (Bristol): moving traffic restriction camera

Location

Bath Bridge Roundabout, Temple Gate

Type

Moving traffic restriction

Restriction

Mandatory directional arrows (Prescribed right turn)

Contravention

Usually code 32: Failing to proceed in the direction shown by the arrow on a blue sign (the council lists the restriction, not the code: check the code printed on your PCN)

Hours

Not confirmed by our sources: check the signs and your PCN photos

Enforced since

Start date not published; listed by the council as enforcing

Council

Bristol City Council

Appeals

Traffic Penalty Tribunal

About this camera

Bristol City Council lists a CCTV camera on Bath Bridge Roundabout, Temple Gate, enforcing a mandatory directional arrows restriction (Prescribed right turn). A PCN from it alleges not following the compulsory direction sign (prescribed right turn). The council's list does not give the hours, so check the times on the signs and in the footage. Check the sign as it appeared on the day against the footage, including the hours and any exemption plate. Bristol's online case viewer shows the case details and, where available, photographs. Bristol says a first-time moving traffic offence at a new location gets a warning notice for the first 6 months of operation. Bristol lists this site as older than 6 months and subject to full enforcement, so the first-time warning period has passed. Appeals go to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal.

First-time warning

The 6-month first-time warning period for this camera has ended, so a first contravention now gets a PCN.

Common grounds at a moving traffic restriction camera

• Was the blue arrow sign visible in time? Was there an exemption plate (e.g. "except buses")?

Camera PCNs must normally be served within 28 days of the date, unless the DVLA was slow to supply your details. You can ask the council to let you view the recording, or send stills, free of charge (reg 3(3)).

Paying within 21 days gets the 50% discount. Challenging first does not stop you paying later, but the discount may not be offered again once it expires, so note the date.

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• Avonvale Road bus gate (Marsh Lane to Hanover Street)
• Baldwin Street / Broad Quay bus gate
• Baldwin Street / High Street bus gate
• Baldwin Street / Marsh Street bus gate
• Bath Road / Park and Ride bus gate
• Bath Road / Wells Road bus gate
• Broad Quay bus gate (bus lane 1A)