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Beware of new NO ENTRY sign on Manor Road, West Ealing when picking up your parcels

In November my wife got two PCNs for ignoring a brand new NO ENTRY sign on Manor Road which stops you going straight back out to Argyle Road after you have picked up your parcels from the Post Office depot on Manor Road.  Talking to the bloke in the enforcement van/car this new restriction has been in place for three weeks and they are giving out lots of tickets.  My wife is not the type to ignore street signs but she is the type to not notice that the road layout has changed if it is only discreetly signed.   There is no NO LEFT TURN sign on the adjacent Drayton Road and there are no yellow additional information signs of the type the council was forced to put up when they changed the layout around the Town Hall.  It is a bit of a trap for the unwary.  I will post some photos underneath.  The council must know that Manor Road attracts infrequent but regular visitors who are likely to get caught by a change in the road layout.  I did ask the guy behind the counter in the Post Office if they could put up a sign to inform their customers but he was practically indignant that I should suggest such a thing.  Jobsworthism still alive and well in the privatised Post Office parcels business.  In passing I asked a CEO (traffic warden in old money) why they didn't ticket the Post Office vans on the single yellow lines outside the Post Office.  Apparently the parking managers insists they wait 20 minutes!  So one rule for the Post Office and one rule for everyone else.

Phil Taylor ● 2199d12 Comments