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Father fined £650 for driving on his own road due to 'school street zone'

Abdul Noormohamed had to fight to get his tickets overturned. (MyLondon)
Abdul Noormohamed had to fight to get his tickets overturned. (MyLondon)

A dad who was fined £650 for driving on the road he lived on has been celebrating after the council finally cancelled his tickets.

Abdul Noormohamed, 39, said “justice” had been served after Harrow Council in London revoked a series of fines he was given for driving in a restricted zone.

Cameras have been put up in parts near his house to prevent people using certain roads at school drop off and pick up times.

Noormohamed was shocked to discover he had been fined five times for using his own road during these hours.

The zone was designed to reduce traffic and pollution around Malborough school in Harrow. (Google)
The zone was designed to reduce traffic and pollution around Malborough school in Harrow. (Google)

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He contacted the council, as well as several local politicians, but received little response.

The issue was then highlighted by The Local Democracy Reporting Service and Noormohamed said he is “certain” this publicity had contributed to the fines being cancelled.

He said: “It feels like a huge weight off my shoulders. [The council] still hasn’t accepted any fault, they still made me register even though I’d already done so, but at least they cancelled them.”

Noormohamed said his neighbours are facing similar issues and he called for any fines handed out to those in similar positions to be repaid immediately.

He added: “Since this has all come out, people have been coming up telling me they’ve had the same problem.

The zone has been unpopular with local residents. (MyLondon)
The zone has been unpopular with local residents. (MyLondon)

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"They can’t get through to anyone – it’s as if one department at the council doesn’t know what the others are doing.”

He said he “felt like a celebrity” when he went to pick his three daughters up from Marlborough, with several parents and teachers pointing out that they too had been stung by the cameras.

Noormohamed said there were still several problems with the council's new scheme.

He said the position of the signs means some drivers would not unaware they couldn't drive further on until the last minute and could be forced to brake in the middle of the road.

Those living in the zone also still struggle to have visitors round or get deliveries to their door with people fearful of being fined.

Noormohamed said: “My house is usually very active, my door is always open. I’d have people coming and going all day every day, but I can’t anymore.”

He added there is the issue of the restrictions forcing cars onto other nearby roads, which simply shunts pollution onto others.