Residents have described a town centre junction as 'dangerous' after drivers continue to ignore the no right turn signs. The ASDA access off the B6166 Portland Street in Newark has the no turn signs as well as 'ahead only' messages on the road, but numerous drivers ignore these warnings still attempt to turn right into the supermarket.
This often causes oncoming drivers to have to suddenly break, or causes traffic to queue through the set of traffic lights connecting to London Road and Lombard Street. Nottinghamshire County Council is planning to apply to the government for new powers so that it can enforce traffic moving offences at the site.
Currently only the police can enforce moving traffic offences, which include stopping in a yellow box junction and ignoring banned left or right turn signs. However, recent legislation changes mean that local authorities can apply to enforce these offences through the use of automatic number plate recognition cameras.
