Bus Lane Enforcement Cameras

[Windlepoons]

Hey Guys,

Does anyone know what they look like? or where abouts on the East India Dock road they are?

would this TFL Traffic Cam also monitor the bus lane, or are there other cameras for that?
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&t=h&laye...

Also, towards the end of the bus lane this camera is in place, what is that used for?
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.511654...

There is a reason I am asking this, coming home from work tonight I found that the blackwall tunnel was closed (thought it was open tonight as everything was normal at 9:30pm), As i got closer to the blackwall tunnel turnoff i realised it had all been coned off.

Unsure of where I was going to go next I pulled into the bus lane, stopped and set my satnav.. I wasnt in a position that would have held any buses up because the cones also blocked the end of the bus lane off (i was just infront of the cones).

Cheers

Edited by Windlepoons on Friday 2nd April 03:15

[Daniel1]

i think the second one is a bus camera, the other is a general camera that could be used to spy you through a bus lane,

I personally wouldnt worry, because at worst its a fine. Id only be bricking it if points were on offer. You could always argue your car cut out so you had to pull over, they'd probo let you off.

[Fleckers]

I got done there

Its a fine

I argued the fact that the misses who was 8 months gone had just upchucked in the car

I did not get let off as the law is the law and I was in a bus lane even though there were no busses about at the time.

I asked what happens if I break down can I push the car there and was told yes you can, but you still get a fine, next time jsut stop in middle of the road and bolx to everyone else.

Unless you have a PL on your number plate then all is fine [no pun] in fact I bet if you have a PL plate and can utter home, social money etc they will give you some more

[Windlepoons]

Thanks for the info Guys.

I think I stopped just before the camera in the 2nd photo as thats where the cones started coming out.

I see someone get pulled over by the police the other week, they pulled him over into that bus lane and started going through his car... wonder if he got a ticket as well, would be a bummer if he did.

As its not points I wont worry too much about it, however even though I did the crime, I wouldnt have been causing a problem for anyone as the bus lane was blocked off :-/

oh well live and learn I guess.

[pcvman]

i can help here, being a bus driver, most bus lanes are camared as in the bus carries them, occasionaly a static camara is in use, but you will have had to be traveling down the bus lane for well over 100 meters or trying to over or undertake cars, thus you would be USING a bus lane for your own use. stopping in a bus lane for anything other than parking is acceptable, i.e need to mop up puke,
as i said 99% camaras are on the buses.

[Windlepoons]

Thanks for the reply pcvman.

I took a drive there this afternoon as it was bugging me :P

It would appear they have about 8 little cameras on big black poles all along that bus lane, on both sides of the road.

Some are dual mounted with one pointing at the bus lane, and the other pointing at the road.