Technician spends £1K in year long battle over ‘No Entry’ sign

The illegal road sign has been 'tricking' drivers for 30 years

Technician spends £1K in year long battle over ‘No Entry’ sign
Mr Mustoe has won the court case after the sign was found to be illegal.

A body repair technician who came up against his local council has won a year-long court battle over a ‘No Entry’ sign.

Eddie Mustoe of Mustoe’s specialist vehicle body repairs was stopped by police when he drove through the sign in Bristol and was handed a £60 fine with three penalty points but he refused to accept the penalty.

The sign features a grey rectangle with the standard circular ‘No Entry’ sign above the words ‘Except buses, coaches, taxis and cyclists’ in black and white.

After research, Mr Mustoe found that the law states the sign should show a box with the word ‘except’ followed by images of the vehicles allowed such as a bus and bicycle and the word ‘taxi’.

He was cleared on one count of failing to comply with a lawfully placed road sign by magistrates but the case cost him more than £3,000.

‘Cash cow’

He can reclaim around two thirds of that from the council, who said the sign is ‘clear in intention’.

Mr Mustoe said: “Although it cost a lot, I was determined to fight the case, whatever the cost and even though it has taken the best part of 12 months, it has been worth it.

“I think places like this are used as cash cows and so I will be talking to the council to get the signage changed or it getting made into a proper bus lane.

“I was stuck in the lane not knowing what to do and I could not reverse, so I had to drive down it.

“The police followed me and pulled me over and when I looked at the sign I thought it was like no other I had seen before and so it just did not make sense to me.”

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