It’s easy to miss the camera watching the junction of Mount Road and Kirkmanshulme Lane in Belle Vue. But it won’t miss you.<br /><br />The automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera, affixed to a lamppost, is searching out rule-breaking drivers, specifically those that don’t follow the ‘left turn only’ sign from Kirkmanshulme Lane, and those who enter the yellow box when their exit isn’t clear — blocking up a busy junction that leads on to Hyde Road, the main artery from the city centre to Tameside.<br /><br />This is one of six junctions Manchester council took powers from the police to enforce the rules of the road in late 2023.<br /><br />During the morning rush hour on Tuesday (July 1), the LDRS counted 19 offenders from 8:15am to 9:15am — 16 entered the yellow box when they weren’t supposed to, and three drivers ignored the left turn only instruction from Kiurkmanshulme Lane, turning sharply right to continue on Mount Road.
