Submitted by CDF Co-ordinator on 26 May 2015 - 1:53pm
Fixed Penalty Notices, or FPNs, are one-off fines handed out for minor traffic offences to motorists and cyclists by police officers, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and sometimes council wardens.
Since the launch of the Metropolitan Police Service’s "Operation Safeway":
https://www.facebook.com/metpoliceuk/posts/630081150382194 - begun in the wake of the deaths of six cyclists in a two week period on London’s roads in November 2013 - there has been a rise in FPNs given to cyclists in the capital.