Whitechapel / Crosshall Street box junction (Liverpool): box junction camera

Location

Whitechapel Junction Crosshall Street

Type

Box junction

Restriction

Yellow box

Contravention

Usually code 31: Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited (the council lists the restriction, not the code: check the code printed on your PCN)

Hours

At any time

Enforced since

Start date not published; listed by the council as enforcing

Council

Liverpool City Council

Appeals

Traffic Penalty Tribunal

About this camera

Liverpool City Council lists a CCTV camera on Whitechapel at its junction with Crosshall Street, enforcing a yellow box restriction. A PCN from it alleges entering and stopping in the yellow box junction when the exit is not clear. The council lists this restriction as applying at any time, so the time of day will not help on its own. Watch the footage for the moment you entered the box: was your exit clear then? The Highway Code allows waiting in the box to turn right when only oncoming traffic or other right-turners hold you up. When you log in to pay or challenge, Liverpool shows the photographic evidence. Liverpool says that for six months after each camera is activated, first-time offenders get a warning letter rather than a PCN. Appeals go to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal.

First-time warning

We have not confirmed when enforcement started here. If it began within the last 6 months and this was your first time, a warning notice should have been sent instead (outside London). How the warning rule works.

Common grounds at a box junction camera

• The Highway Code (rule 174) lets you enter and wait when turning right if you are only held up by oncoming traffic or other vehicles waiting to turn right.
• Was your exit clear when you entered, and something changed suddenly (for example a vehicle ahead stopped without warning)?
• Are the box markings complete and visible in the footage?
• Outside London: was this the first time at a camera that started enforcing in the last 6 months? A warning should have been sent.

Camera PCNs must normally be served within 28 days of the date, unless the DVLA was slow to supply your details. You can ask the council to let you view the recording, or send stills, free of charge (reg 3(3)).

Paying within 21 days gets the 50% discount. Challenging first does not stop you paying later, but the discount may not be offered again once it expires, so note the date.

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