School Streets signage — entry sign not compliant with TSRGD 2016
School Streets schemes typically use 'no motor vehicles' sign (TSRGD diagram 619) plus a supplementary plate showing operating times and exemptions. Signage must be (a) prescribed diagrams under TSRGD 2016 or specifically authorised, (b) visible on approach, (c) match the TRO. Signage non-compliance is widespread in this newer enforcement category.
Legal basis
Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (SI 2016/362), Schedule 3 and Schedule 14; Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 s.85; Herron v Sunderland City Council [2011] EWHC 2188 (Admin)
How to identify this in your case
Photograph every sign on approaches. Check: prescribed diagram or Sec-of-State authorised? Plate legible and accurate? Not obscured? Advance warning?
Sample appeal wording
Dear Sir/Madam, Re: PCN [NUMBER] — School Streets — [DATE] I challenge this PCN on defective signage. Under s.85 RTRA 1984 and TSRGD 2016, restrictions must be communicated by prescribed signs clearly visible to a reasonable approaching motorist. At [STREET] on [DATE]: - [Defect 1: e.g. 'Main no-motor-vehicles sign obscured by parked HGV'] - [Defect 2: e.g. 'Supplementary plate stating operating hours illegible due to faded vinyl'] - [Defect 3: e.g. 'No advance warning sign at previous junction'] Photographs taken on [DATE] attached. Applying Herron v Sunderland City Council [2011] EWHC 2188 (Admin), defective signage prevents the contravention being enforceable. Please cancel the PCN. Yours faithfully, [NAME]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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