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speeding fine - Great West Road

I have been fined for driving 37mph on the junction of Great West Rd and Heston Rd which is now restricted to 30mph but the speed signage is not clear ? That stretch of road used to be 40mph until recently.Has anyone else been caught out with this ?

Homayoun Hendessi ● 18d5 Comments

I work for a certain major company based in Osterley and we do have post/mail drop-off point on site.Sometime last year one of my work colleagues had experienced this very misfortune and braced with necessary documentation as a response he descended to the ground floor in order to post it back to the relevant authorities.The serving clerk was heaving with laugh as he pointed out that he's number 10 or so already on that morning, posting to the same address.If I recall it was more or less around March or April last year when the change must have taken place.I do not frequent this stretch of Great West Rd myself too often, but remember my surprise when I stumbled across this sudden decrease of speed limit back then.

Tadeusz Krzeminski ● 12d

In fairness, the signs are there and they are clear. We must drive to the signs not our memories or satnav. It is a different matter that the previous 40mph sign on this section of the road was perfectly appropriate, and the change was another act of the war on motorists and a way to get more money from drivers as, indeed, a lot of us drive in familiar areas based on what they have always been and such changes often catch us by surprise.

Alex Shpinkov ● 12d

Have you driven by the spot again and seen what comes up on the Sat nav?

Nicholas Beard ● 17d

https://maps.app.goo.gl/1RSC7WRuGQt86pLp7

Julian Pavey ● 18d

Had a look on google maps street view,its a year old and has 30mph signs at that location. Its 40 further along from where you state and 20 on the side roads Maybe its the cameras or new inforcement that has caught you out

Julian Pavey ● 18d