If there’s one factor that motorists can all agree on it’s the annoyance they really feel when they’re stung with a driving advantageous.
In accordance with the comparability web site Confused.com in 2019 almost 2 million Penalty Cost Notices (PCNs) had been issued by over 800 bus lane cameras across the nation, raking in nearly £60 million.
In London alone motorists had been charged £14,688,256 in bus lane fines on 318,963 events – which works out to be round 873 fines day by day.
Prime of the listing of excuses amongst Brits for why they had been caught was unclear bus lane indicators and unclear highway markings , however extremely some motorists appealed underneath the premise that the advantageous was issued to boost cash quite than for official causes.
The London borough that issued essentially the most fines was Lambeth with £2.9 million raised, though Manchester Metropolis Council and Glasgow really generated extra.
Within the capital second and third place went to Central London and Kingston upon Thames with fines of £1.3 and £1.2 tens of millions respectively.
The analysis by Confused.com additionally revealed the highway in London that may more than likely end in motorists ending up with a bus lane advantageous.
The penality for driving in a bus lane is £95 however whether it is paid inside 14 days it is diminished to £45.
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Clapham Park Street, a quite unassuming highway off Clapham Excessive Avenue, issued fines price £1.3 million with Lambeth Street – West (£944,729) second and Shepherds Bush Street (£662,788) in Hammersmith and Fulham third.
Solely Oxford Avenue in Manchester, which generated £1.8 million in PCNs, completed increased than Clapham Park Street throughout the nation.
Extra folks have been fined for utilizing bus lanes on Clapham Park Street than every other road in London
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Final 12 months, Prime Minister Boris Johnson proposed that first-time bus lane offenders ought to keep away from fines and be given the good thing about the doubt.
When Confused.com requested drivers throughout the UK what they considered this proposed measure, over half (57 per cent) mentioned that this new rule could be a fairer system for individuals who have made an sincere mistake.
The bus lane on Clapham Park Street in Lambeth
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Alex Kindred, Automotive Insurance coverage Skilled at Confused.com says: “Almost £60m issued in bus lane fines in 2019 is testomony to the truth that bus lanes could also be some of the complicated challenges motorists face on UK roads.
“Clearly drivers need change to keep away from receiving a advantageous for a real mistake. It’s solely proper that a few of the cash from PCNs is invested again into options, reminiscent of clearer signage and exemptions for first-time offenders.
“While we look ahead to councils to contemplate options to our bus lane downside, our problem guidelines ought to assist to make the appeals course of clearer should you’ve acquired an unfair bus lane PCN by means of the publish.”
Confused.com issued a Freedom of Data request to UK councils in March 2020 to gather the information.
