LadySeagull - thank you very much for your input. Sadly I'd already paid the fine by then as I was seen as Jeff Bezos the Second for driving a 20-plate van, and a pillock for entering a hatched zone. I will freely admit to the second, and I have learnt my lesson. It will never happen again...
Good Lord. So that junction alone brings on £517,000 a year in fines.
Wow.
I bet the camera operator gets treated like royalty at the Hammersmith & Fulham Head Office. :glare:
Just looking at the images above, in fairness how on earth can you make a judgement call when the hatched area is...
Okay. I get the general feeling here is to simply pay the silver and move on... Thanks to everyone. I'll do that.
Yes, I do feel it's harsh as the cars were flowing freely and I thought I'd get in easily. However, they all stopped en-masse as the lights changed - and they were all big...
Just got this through the post. I actually remember it clearly, too...
Large hatched area, traffic in distance moving, I carried on as I saw what I thought would be enough room for me to fit into - and whoomp, the cars all stopped dead and the gap became slightly smaller than I had...