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I ride through that every day...if you use the shared use path to the left on your picture then you should have no problems with cars; likewise the segregated cycle lane in the opposite direction. It's a bit baffling that they should put up so many signs telling drivers what to do but then not really give a shit about enforcing it, especially on a blind rise like this bridge, which becomes really dangerous at the speed a lot of drivers like to drive at!
With regards to council enforcement versus police enforcement...last summer a house opposite mine had a VERY loud party...no problem in the evening, it was a weekend, fair enough. Then the music continued beyond midnight until about 3am, at which point we called the police about it (grumpy old farts etc.). They drove by the house and told us that they couldn't do anything about it as the people having the party were indoors and not on the street, therefore it was the council who should enforce the noise complaint. Looked online for a number for the council; called it; offices closed until Monday. Useless. Went back to bed, and eventually got to sleep.
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I agree there's no problem with cars using the road from a spatial perspective, but the no entry signs were put up to stop the route becoming a rat run because of the school at one end and the playground at the other.
My issue is the lack of enforcement and the number of cars that speed through at 30mph plus. The police would be more useful located here with their speed guns than hiding behind a tree in Hyde Park.
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A lot late for a response I know, I had the exact same problem with some nightmare neighbours. After calling the local fuzz they advised that if you can hear the music outside the house after about ten pm it's a noise complaint issue and they can and should advise the scumbags to turn it down. They advised to report every incident which can be used as a basis for an asbo and eventually, if they rent, eviction. It took my estate 3 years to get rid of the neighbours and it wasn't just music. We had domestic violence in the street, drug use, burglary and my all time favourite.... 2 drunk smack heads screwing in the riot van after being lifted for trying to kill each other in someone else's garden.
Edited when I realised I replied to a comment from months ago when I clicked the wrong page.
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OK, so the road close to me into the Olympic Park is no entry other than for buses and cycles. But plenty of cars speed through it as it's a convenient rat run and saves them about five minutes going around a bigger loop.
I raised the issue with Roadsafe and the PC who replied commented
"Please note, having seen the picture the No Entry is conditional as it allows some vehicles not all. It is therefore not enforceable as an endorseable ticket as would be normal for a No Entry sign. It maybe that it is under civil enforcement and would be dealt with by the local council. Local policy would apply".
I replied asking
"Can you just confirm/clarify - are cars allowed to drive through on this road without penalty? To me it looks as if only busses and cycles are allowed to use the road. Are you saying that a car could use the road, despite the no entry sign, without fear of a fine or ticket should they be caught by a policeman?"
He replied "If seen driving in contravention of a traffic sign it is an offence under s.36 Road Traffic Act 1988 by means of Regulation 10 of Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions. The method it is dealt with is not always the same. Some boroughs in London have chosen that some signs are to be dealt with by civil enforcement while other areas they remain with the police to enforce. Your local SNT will know what there local directions are".
I really don't get this, surely if it's a no entry sign then driving through it should at the very minimum mean a fine? And if it's local policy that the police don't enforce then who does?