Last year my wife received a penalty charge notice for stopping in, what was considered to be by the authorities, a legal box junction. I saw otherwise, so set about researching the details of box junctions, i.e. their required measurements, faded paint etc... I didn't care if this was going to take a lot of time and work to do, as I always see these as a challenge. There are all sorts of statistics out there, of which I don't know which are true, but apparently of those people that appeal, about 60-70% are won. This simply means that 60-70% of PCNs are illegally issued, but the councils have an ace up their sleeve - the upstanding citizen. Well that's not me (in this sense anyway). Here is the video evidence I produced -
Here is the letter received telling me of our win at the adjudicator. Disappointingly the fact that the box was faded in my opinion, wasn't what won it for me, it was the fact that the authorities didn't have the correct documentation for the box to be in the position it was. I wonder just how much money has been made from this box when
