We received a PCN in the mail yesterday for our car allegedly being stopped in a box junction on New Cross road. At the moment in that area there are lots of roadworks and road changes that have been ongoing for many months (even years). Recently Kender Street was closed, as can be seen from this photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/35264141@N06/5059872374/ I took which is at the junction the alleged offence occurred. Because this street is now closed off, it is reasonable to assume that the VERY faint box junction at the intersection of these roads was no longer in use/being monitored. This is even more apparent when you look at it from this angle http://www.flickr.com/photos/35264141@N06/5059872728/in/photostream/ and see that several sections of road have been relaid on it and nearby, but the "box" has not been repainted, so it basically looks again that it has been left faint or partly removed because it will eventually be tarmacked over. What I am pointing out here is that the box is very faint - if you look at the first photo with a freshly painted red lines, you can see the difference in visibility between them and the box junction - WHY WASN'T THE BOX JUNCTION REPAINTED FOR BETTER VISIBILITY? We all know why, because it's a money making scheme that no one will fight, that is except me. I fight all my PCNs, and have won 80% of them for reasons such as this.

looked at from this angle http://www.flickr.com/photos/35264141@N06/5059261423/in/photostream/ it doesn't look like there's any box junction there at all. Yes it's easier to see from a camera mounted on a 30 ft pole, but when you are low down in a car, in the haze of the afternoon traffic, a faint yellow line is hardly visible to 90% of drivers.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35264141@N06/5059261773/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35264141@N06/5059873536/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35264141@N06/5059260839/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35264141@N06/5059259217/in/photostream/


These other photos show areas of road nearby that have had paint removed, or other box junctions that have also been tarmacked over and not repainted - what exactly is supposed to be being enforced in that area at the moment is anyone's guess. Certainly not something that it should be legal or moral to charge unsuspecting motorists over.