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Redbridge, code 47 Stopped on a restricted bus stop or stand,
Barkingside High Street
DIR By: funkQ
Date: April 9, 2026, 2:22 pm
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Looking for parking on Barkingside High Street. I drove past
occupied parking bays, turned right into Horace Road and u
turned. Turned left back onto the high street and stopped on the
left on a bus stop temporarily, waiting for traffic to pass so
that i could U turn again. I put on my reverse lights but then
saw a person leaving a parking bay on the opposite side. I
proceed to drive forward and park in the parking bay.
The council evidence shows me temporarily stopped in the bus
stop with my lights on , but the video cuts when my reverse
lights come on. There is no further video of me continuing to
park in a bay.
I received a Contravention notice.
Do i have grounds to appeal on basis that I did not stay parked
in the bus stop?
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#Post#: 115492--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge, code 47 Stopped on a restricted bus stop or
stand, Barkingside High Street
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: April 9, 2026, 6:07 pm
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> Do i have grounds to appeal on basis that I did not stay
parked in the bus stop?
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Unfortunately not, because the contravention is one of stopping,
not parking.
However the bus stop is 30 yards long, enough for about 3 buses
to stand, but there is only one sign by the sign for the bus
stop itself. This is at the far end of the bus stop where the
shelter is, and appeals have been won on the basis of inadequate
notice of the restriction, because there is no sign for the
restriction where you stopped. Against this argument is the
presence of the broad yellow line and "Bus Stop" text on the
carriageway, telling you this is a bus stop, although this on
its own doesn't make it restricted.
This is the sign for the bus stop: -
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#Post#: 115642--------------------------------------------------
Re: Redbridge, code 47 Stopped on a restricted bus stop or
stand, Barkingside High Street
DIR By: NTIAEP
Date: April 12, 2026, 12:18 pm
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In his/her defence, could OP use Schedule 7, Part 6, para.4,
(2)(b) of The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions
2016, which states:
“(b)a vehicle which is prevented from proceeding by
circumstances beyond the driver’s control or which has to be
stopped in order to avoid injury or damage to persons or
property;”
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Re: Redbridge, code 47 Stopped on a restricted bus stop or
stand, Barkingside High Street
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: April 12, 2026, 6:29 pm
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I would say not, beause the driver didn't have to stop in the
bus stop area, but chose to wait there for another motorist to
leave a parking bay.
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