PCN code 31: Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited

Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited

The amount for code 31 varies by authority and notice type. Check the PCN for the exact amount and payment deadline.

You can challenge a council PCN using the stages and deadlines shown on the notices. Check the issuer policy before relying on the reduced amount being re-offered after an unsuccessful challenge. A Notice to Owner enables a formal representation, and a Notice of Rejection explains the independent tribunal route.

Use the deadline on each document. The PCN states the initial challenge and payment periods, the Notice to Owner gives the formal-representation deadline, and the Notice of Rejection gives the tribunal-appeal deadline.

1.) It is important to remember that this specific contravention is not that of causing an obstruction or blocking the yellow box, it is quite simply “entering a box junction when your exit is not clear”. It is possible to stop within a yellow box without committing an offence. For example if at the time you entered the box the exit was clear but then a lorry cut in front of you and stopped, forcing you to stop in the yellow box. In fact the independent adjudicator has upheld appeals against Tfl

2.) Was your exit to the box blocked by another car or red traffic lights or a pedestrian crossing or indeed anything else. The law is clear in that your vehicle must not enter the box at the time that the exit is blocked by stationary vehicles (not red traffic lights or a pedestrian or in fact anything else). So if, at the time you entered the box your exit was blocked because of pedestrians or another set of traffic lights caused the traffic to stop or indeed anything else except stationary ve