Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London

Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London (PATROL) is the statutory joint committee of over 300 local authorities and charging authorities that manage and enforce parking and other traffic restrictions in England (outside London) and Wales.

These restrictions include parking, bus lanes, moving traffic (e.g. yellow box junctions), littering from vehicles and Clean Air Zones, as well as other road user charging schemes, including ‘Dart Charge’ and ‘Merseyflow’.

Authorities issuing penalties to motorists for contravening such restrictions also have a statutory duty to make provision for independent legal adjudication of any resulting appeals. Making provision for this adjudication (delivered by the Traffic Penalty Tribunal) is the core function of the PATROL Joint Committee.

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