Caught out in a 'Bus Lane'

[middleagecyclist]

Just paid a FPN for driving in a part time bus/taxi/cyle lane. I admit. I did it. I paid up. Not worth trying to mitigate my offence by explaining I rarely drive my car along that road but cycle there most days and use the bus lane every time when on two wheels. It was just habit. Doh!

 

[compo]

Easy done! Sensible to just pay up having seen what happens to these FPN's once the council pass them to the Bailiff sharks.

 

[middleagecyclist]

Easy done! Sensible to just pay up having seen what happens to these FPN's once the council pass them to the Bailiff sharks.

Yeah. £30.00. Won't be doing it again!

 

[Hip Priest]

LOOK UP YOUR NUMBER PLATE ON YOUTUBE

 

[Beebo]

Just paid a FPN for driving in a part time bus/taxi/cyle lane. I admit. I did it. I paid up. Not worth trying to mitigate my offence by explaining I rarely drive my car along that road but cycle there most days and use the bus lane every time when on two wheels. It was just habit. Doh!

Sinner!
None of us are perfect, I was caught in a yellow box junction last year, £50 fine!

 

[middleagecyclist]

LOOK UP YOUR NUMBER PLATE ON YOUTUBE

I did. Not on YT. Do these council portable camera cars post to YT? Seems strange if they do.

 

[Miquel In De Rain]

Just paid a FPN for driving in a part time bus/taxi/cyle lane. I admit. I did it. I paid up. Not worth trying to mitigate my offence by explaining I rarely drive my car along that road but cycle there most days and use the bus lane every time when on two wheels. It was just habit. Doh!

Are you an Addiscum Lee driver?

 

[Boris Bajic]

I have never broken any law in my life and never will.

The driving ban and the countless points over the decades were all part of a massive fit-up!

I have nothing but contempt for anyone who fails to live up to the very high standards I set for everyone else.

Thank you.

 

[400bhp]

That'll learn ya.

Don't drive - cycle

 

[BentMikey]

Oooh, sympathies. I've found myself in the bus lane in my car once or twice for the same reason. Oops! Been lucky to have avoided a fine though.

 

[manalog]

The penalty used to be much higher I remembered going to Tower bridge magistrate court, I got fined over £150 plus 6 points!! This was back in the early 90s when there were loads of trafffic officers going up and down the Old Kent Road on their Motorbikes.

 

[middleagecyclist]

That'll learn ya.

Don't drive - cycle

I was taking my broken bike to the better but not most local LBS!

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

Themselves the breaks!
Only FPN I ever got in 30 years was turning left on a no turning left in central London by Coventry Garden.
satNav told me to and i couldn't see the damned 3mm sign under the green light!

 

[Black Country Ste]

I haven't done it yet but the day will come when I lapse into bike mode and take the car somewhere I'm not meant to. It's inevitable.

 

[I like Skol]

I have 2 routes to work, one is to cycle through the grounds of Stepping Hill hospital, the other is to avoid the grounds of Stepping Hill and drive up the A6 to the Pheonix pub before turning right. I have found myself driving into the hospital complex before realising my mistake on the odd occasiomn!