Council Fine Check- Location
- Hertford Road EN3 Junction Bullsmoor Lane
- Type
- Box junction
- Restriction
- Yellow box
- Contravention
- Usually code 31: Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited (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
- 2016-11-03
- Council
- Enfield Council
- Appeals
- London Tribunals
About this camera
Enfield Council lists a CCTV camera on Hertford Road EN3 at its junction with Bullsmoor Lane, enforcing a yellow box restriction. A PCN from it alleges entering and stopping in the yellow box junction when the exit is not clear. The council gives 3 November 2016 as the date PCNs started being issued here. The council's list does not give the hours, so check the times on the signs and in the footage. Watch the footage for the moment you entered the box: was your exit clear then? The Highway Code allows waiting in the box to turn right when only oncoming traffic or other right-turners hold you up. Enfield lets you view the CCTV images online with your PCN number and registration before you decide. Appeals go to London Tribunals.
First-time warning
London councils are not expected to send first-time warnings for this kind of contravention.
Common grounds at a box junction camera
- The Highway Code (rule 174) lets you enter and wait when turning right if you are only held up by oncoming traffic or other vehicles waiting to turn right.
- Was your exit clear when you entered, and something changed suddenly (for example a vehicle ahead stopped without warning)?
- Are the box markings complete and visible in the footage?
- Outside London: was this the first time at a camera that started enforcing in the last 6 months? A warning should have been sent.
Camera PCNs must normally be served within 28 days of the date. You can ask the council to let you view the recording, or send stills, free of charge.
Paying within 14 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.