I recently got 2 PCN for turning right from Caversham Road (london) to Kentish Town road. There’s a No right turn sign there. However there has been some major road works on Kentish Town road for many many month’s, and as a result of this roadworks we were forced to turn right only. The road works as you will be aware weas for a new asphalt layer to the road. Because of the ongoing roadworks that no right turn sign has been covered and the council or the road workers put a Turn right sign to push the flow of traffic onto Kentish town road away from the road works for the drivers who’s coming from Caversham road to notice easily. It was impossible to turn left anyway,unless you wanted to go straight into the roadworks.
When they finished the roadworks, the Turn Right sign has been removed and the No right turn sign has been uncovered again. A few days later I went there without noticing this change and got those tickets for 07/10/13 and 09/10/13. My problem is that I think they should have warned the drivers somehow to be aware of these changes because its a huge change from no right turn, then you HAVE TO turn right, then no right turn again and Kentish town road is just a simple 2 way road. The important factor here is that especially after this many sign changes and roadworks you would not be aware of the return of the no right turn sign. Being a delivery driver and delivering to a client on Caversham Road for many years, and not subsequently having a ticket you can understand my frustration with getting a ticket.
I do admit I made a mistake but I think I shouldn’t get 2 tickets for the same reason after these sneaky sign changes, especially without a proper warning of all these changes.
Is there anything I can do about this?