Moving Traffic Offences

Failing to comply with a sign indicating a prohibition on certain types of vehicles. (Contravention Code 52)

Many local authorities are now enforcing this contravention using CCTV . Quite often however the signs are not sufficiently clear.

Suffixes:
52g) goods vehicles exceeding max gross weight indicated
52m) motor vehicles
52s) solo motorcycles
52v) all vehicles except non-mechanically propelled ones being pushed
52x) motor vehicles except solo motorcycles

Sample signs:

52g) Goods vehicles exceeding the gross weight indicated on the goods vehicle symbol prohibited.

52s) Solo motorcycles prohibited.

52m) No Motor Vehicles

52v) No Vehicles

52x) Motor vehicles except solo motorcycles prohibited.

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 grounds of appeal for this contravention

Was the PCN sufficiently clear as to the contravention. In one case the PCN stated failing to comply with a sign indicating a prohibition on certain types of vehicle, however the signage at the location stated motor vehicles prohibited. The adjudicator said the PCN should have referred to “motor vehicles” rather than “certain types of vehicle”. Certain types of vehicles is too general. the contraventions have various suffixes. The correct suffix must be used and the contravention stated must be the exact one that relates to the stated contravention code.

There are 11 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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