Failing to comply with a give way to oncoming vehicles sign. (Contravention Code 37)
Local authorities are now enforcing this contravention using CCTV
Sample signs:
37 Give way to oncoming traffic.


How to have your penalty charge notice (PCN) for this moving traffic contravention cancelled.
Before checking the specific information relating to this offence you will need to check the following general information.
Specific Advice for this moving traffic contravention.
As the contravention is that of “failing to comply with a give way to oncoming vehicles sign it is important to remember that in order to prove this contravention that the enforcing authority must actually show you passing the sign at the exact time when an oncoming vehicle is approaching. It is not sufficient to simply show your vehicle. You can ask to see the video or photographic evidence.
There are 8 more ways that you can have your penalty charge notice cancelled for this offence. We have even summarised adjudicator's decisions where motorists have won. As this site took over a year to develop and cost a small fortune and in order to support our constant campaigning against this usually unfair assault on the motorist we ask for a small contribution to view the rest of this page and the whole site. For details of what we do for the motorist see the section on the home page.
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