Council or transport authority Yellow box PCN
This situation: If there was clear space ahead you could have moved into, you may not have stopped due to stationary vehicles blocking your exit. - full question

Was there already empty space on the road in front of you where you could have driven, so you did not need to stop in the box?

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 dispute this penalty. When I stopped, there was clear space ahead of my vehicle on the road I was entering or moving towards. I was not forced to stop only because stationary vehicles were blocking my exit in the way the rule describes.

On the video you can see: [describe where the gap was / that the lane ahead had room; keep it simple].

The contravention needs stopping due to stationary vehicles blocking the exit. That does not match what happened here.

[Date, time, location, registration.]

Yours faithfully,

[Name]

Guidance for your case

What to do next

Say there was a gap ahead and you were not blocked by a stationary queue in the usual way.

Why this can matter

The offence is about stopping because stationary vehicles block your exit. If footage shows space ahead, adjudicators have said the contravention may not be proved.

Gap ahead on the film, point to it frame by frame if you can.