Council or transport authority Yellow box PCN
This situation: Footage must show entry, exit side, clarity, and often the number plate; starting mid-scene misses essential facts. - full question

Does their video show your car going into the box and coming out? Can you see your number plate? Or does it start too late, skip parts, or is too fuzzy to trust?

Challenge guidance for this situation

This page explains a common yellow box PCN appeal angle. If the checker brought you here, the guidance below is adjusted using your yes/no answer in the URL. This is not legal advice.

Your draft letter

Replace everything in [square brackets] with your own details. Scroll inside the box if the text is long. 

Subject: Representation / appeal: yellow box [PCN number]

I challenge this penalty because the council's video is not good enough to prove the offence.

Problems with the footage: [it starts with my car already inside the box so entry is not shown / it does not show my exit from the box / the picture is too blurry to see clearly / my registration is not readable / other: describe].

The authority must prove each part of the contravention. If entry or a clear stop is not shown, the case may fail.

[PCN, registration, date, time, location.]

Yours faithfully,

[Name]

Guidance for your case

What to do next

List what is missing or unclear. Use the template to ask for a full clear clip or to argue the case is not proved.

Why this can matter

If the clip does not show your vehicle entering the box, or is too unclear, adjudicators have said the contravention is not proved. Entry and stop must be shown fairly.

Video that misses entry or exit has lost cases for councils. Say exactly what is missing.