Stop artics straying into the Hills

Enough is enough:  County Councillor calls for action

County cllr Chris Pond has asked ECC to institute measures to stop the incursion of foreign articulated lorries into the Conservation Areas.

He says: “There is evidently a problem with some of their sat navs. He has asked ECC to take this up with national organisations that deal with such matters, but as a short term remedy, to erect international pictogram signs banning lorries of 7.5 tons or over from entering. The present signs are blue advisory ones, unsuitable for HGV and unsuitable for long vehicles. Unfortunately, the driver of the Lithuanian artic pictured  on 13 January could not read English, and had set his sat-nav correctly for Crown Road,  Enfield, where he was to deliver his cargo of building materials. ECC have undertaken to consider this, but such a sign would require a traffic regulation order, which process is slow and complex.”

Albeit the incident was not as dramatic as the one pictured below:  click here for story