Council or transport authority Yellow box PCN

This situation: Waiting in the box to turn right, blocked only by oncoming traffic or others turning right, is often exempt from the usual 'stationary vehicles' rule. - full question

Were you waiting in the box to turn right, and the only thing holding you back was oncoming traffic or other drivers also waiting to turn right?

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.

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Your draft letter

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

I dispute this penalty. I was in the yellow box to turn right. I was waiting only because of [oncoming traffic / vehicles in front also waiting to turn right; describe what you saw].

This is the allowed exception for right turns: I was not stopped only because of a general queue of stationary vehicles going straight ahead in the same way as the usual box junction offence.

[Add: date, time, location, vehicle registration. If not a roundabout, say so if relevant.]

Yours faithfully,

[Name]

Guidance for your case

What to do next

Describe your right turn and what blocked you. Use the draft below.

Why this can matter

The rules have a special carve-out for right turns: you may wait in the box while blocked by oncoming traffic or others waiting to turn right. Adjudicators have allowed appeals on this basis.

Right-turn wait: say you were blocked by oncoming or other right-turners only.