Twelve MPs have written to Sadiq Khan urging him to cancel penalties

Around 600 drivers seeking to overturn fines for speeding after a fake 50mph sign was placed on a dual carriageway in south east London will not have their penalties waived, the Metropolitan Police said.

Thousands of motorists were ticketed on the A20 near Sidcup on a stretch of the road where the speed limit had been temporarily dropped from 70mph to 40mph by Transport for London due to persistent flooding.

Police say the 50mph sign was installed by an “unauthorised third party” on January 24 after speed cameras were set to match the lowered limit.

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While the Met admits the sign should not have been there, it “would not have impacted the enforcement of the 40mph average speed limit”.

  • sabreW4K3English
    39·
    1 year ago

    It’s postcode isn’t SE, so it’s not London. Those are the rules, sorry!

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Far better it from me to default to Wikipedia but:

      Sidcup is an area of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley

      Postcodes aren’t exactly a great guide because Greater London has expanded so much that it will have swept up areas that historically had other postcodes.

      • sabreW4K3English
        1·
        1 year ago

        Forgive me for being serious for a moment in an otherwise silly thread, but I think they should redo the postcodes to reflect modernity. Borders have changed so much that a modern refresh seems like it’s about due.

        Edit: the silly bit is that Sidcup isn’t London, not the police trying to extort victims for a payout. Just to be clear for the downvote merchants.