Ticket for using blo*dy bus lane!?

[Shuvi McTupya]

Last week one of the local roads was closed so we dutifully followed the diversion signs and got lost in a pretty much deserted newly developed housing estate.

They have just sent us this picture of my mums car contravening the bus lane, which doesn't appear to be the case but according to these road markings we are on the wrong side of the road after negotiating a turning circle/ dead end type affair. Neither of us actually remember anything about it as we were just trying to figure out where the hell we were and how to fix that..

Still, does this look like we are in the bus lane? If anything I would think that maybe we were about to pass a parked bus..



I am about to go back there and see if there is some signage or anything that we missed.

Edited by Shuvi McTupya on Saturday 18th August 12:17

[Drumroll]

So you turn onto a road that clearly says bus only on the wrong side of the road and don't think you have done anything wrong?

or have I got it all wrong?

[Shuvi McTupya]

Drumroll said:

So you turn onto a road that clearly says bus only on the wrong side of the road and don't think you have done anything wrong?

or have I got it all wrong?

Honestly I don't know!

The satellite images for the area don't show it as it is all brand new.

i will report back, the picture definitely raises some questions

[DIW35]

Notwithstanding that you are on the wrong side of the road, the entry note painted on the road from that junction state that it is Bus Only, so I would say yes you are in the wrong.

[Graveworm]

That's not a bus lane . Unless it has recently changed a Bus lane has to have Bus Lane on the road and completely different road markings. It looks more like a "No entry except" situation, Signs would need to be in place. I can't advise how to proceed but they haven't contravened a bus lane.

[Cold]

What is written on this sign?

[CoolHands]

The road in your direction of travel was buses only. The fact you drove in the other (oncoming) lane to circumnavigate that doesn’t make it ok, I presume.

[carreauchompeur]

Drive back down and have a look!

Sadly driving on the wrong side of the road doesn’t cancel out traffic regulations

[SmoothCriminal]

If you struggle to drive on the correct side of the road I'm not surprised you have got a ticket.

[Flumpo]

Are you also reading one of those old fashioned massive fold out maps?!

[Greendubber]

Doesn't look like there's much to argue there based on the fact the cars clearly on the wrong side of the road given the give way markings it's just driven over and the writing on the carriageway.

[warch]

Easily done I'm afraid, I did the same in Gloucester city centre. Luckily my firm paid the fine.

[Shuvi McTupya]

Cold said:

What is written on this sign?

Yup, looks like a lack of observation on my part.
This is the approach , the last time I was there it was just a loop at a dead end and now there is that new bit of road into the new estate.



The sign I didn't see is on the right..I guess I was just noticing the bus stop bit and probably distracted looking at the new estate I hadn't seen before! And in my defence your honour, on every lamppost for the previous half a mile there was a blue circular sign warning of pedestrians and cyclists so I might have been suffering from blue circular sign overload and not noticed this one was different


From the other side, it looks like normal traffic can go out, but not in.


I guess I will have to cough up this time!

[williamp]

Yeah, banged to rights I'm afraid. Fair cop, guv and all that. Annoying, but nothing to do but pay up and move on.

[Olivera]

You are being rather rediculous OP, you can't avoid a bus lane restriction by driving down the wrong side of the road

[Shuvi McTupya]

While i was taking pictures, a resident smiled at me and said 'You too?'

He has seen lots of people doing what I did and then coming back for a look after getting a ticket.

[Shuvi McTupya]

Olivera said:

You are being rather rediculous OP, you can't avoid a bus lane restriction by driving down the wrong side of the road

Information i could have done with a week ago!!

[PurpleMoonlight]

Shuvi McTupya said:

While i was taking pictures, a resident smiled at me and said 'You too?'

He has seen lots of people doing what I did and then coming back for a look after getting a ticket.

The whole thing is designed to generate money.

Nothing to do with road safety or traffic flow.

[vonhosen]

PurpleMoonlight said:

Shuvi McTupya said:

While i was taking pictures, a resident smiled at me and said 'You too?'

He has seen lots of people doing what I did and then coming back for a look after getting a ticket.

The whole thing is designed to generate money.

Nothing to do with road safety or traffic flow.

It looks like it's designed to stop people driving into the estate from that direction.

[Durzel]

That reverse shot looks as if cars (residents probably) can drive down the road and exit from it, but not come back up it? Unless there is a similar prohibition sign further up.