Pedestrian and cycle zone in Cannon Road N14

 

Mr Mustard may owe you an apology. He has been thinking of the 'flying motorbike' sign as a past this point sign as that is how it has been used by some local authorities in order to create a part time no entry sign as the well known red sign cannot have a time plate. It is definitely used to create a zone though when paired with the heading 'Pedestrian and cycle zone'.

The recommended sign (which became sign number 619) back in 1963 was like this:

The no entry sign was in red, it has been scanned in monochrome.

The idea to use a bar across the sign did not survive further consideration.

The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions were first published in 1964 and then updated in 1975, 1981 & 1994. One would think that every driver should know the 'flying motorbike' sign by now but the simple fact is that they don't.

In the 1994 version there is a sign for the end of a pedestrian zone

which is a greyed out version of the sign (and you thought a computer company came up with that idea?).

Here is a clearer view of the sign at the entrance to Cannon Road and of the exit, it being a cul-de-sac.

Now, here is a question. Clearly you can't enter the road at, say, 9am in the week (except when the signs are closed outside term times) but can you enter at midnight and then exit at 9am without incurring a penalty. The answer is that you will receive a penalty charge notice in the post (Mr Mustard is aware of one being issued) as you shouldn't be driving within a pedestrian and cycle zone during the operational hours (this makes sense if you think instead of a shopping street) and you get caught by the camera which is trained only on the entrance/exit and no-one would be driving up and down a road that is only a 100m long so no point in monitoring that.

Mr Mustard has sent for a copy of the traffic management order to see exactly what it says but as there are a number of these in Enfield in particular and as Mr Mustard's first thought was that you could go in outside the restricted hours and leave within them without penalty based upon the use of the flying motorbike sign alone to create a past this point restriction. As that thought was wrong and as Mr Mustard doesn't want you to get a PCN, he decided to share his thoughts with you.

It was the greyed out sign which made Mr Mustard think a bit harder.

Using your car on the road is just getting too complicated.

Yours frugally

Mr Mustard