Bus lane enforcement

[Kays vRS]

Just a heads up if you aren't aware - there are cameras set up to detect people driving in bus lanes now and you could get a £60 fine from today.

They're up and running in Edinburgh now

[simoid]

Glasgow too methinks.

Anybody get a warning letter?

At least one camera I know has been popped off its perch: the A71 just before Calder Roundabout heading towards Edinburgh!

[Kays vRS]

Yep I had a letter on my desk this morning. I was at the top of Leith Street, where you need to get in the left lane to turn left at the top; not that I'm saying it's strategically positioned at all.

[simoid]

Some of the bus lane positions are just stupid.

The one you mention is an example.

Also on the A71 at Chesser Avenue, the traffic waiting to turn right causes a tailback, and those wanting to go straight on are prevented from doing so by a bus lane, therefore making the queue longer and blocking the buses too at a bottleneck.

Belters!

[Famous Graham]

Kays vRS said:

Yep I had a letter on my desk this morning. I was at the top of Leith Street, where you need to get in the left lane to turn left at the top; not that I'm saying it's strategically positioned at all.

I'd fight that one tbh - always struck me as a bloody stupid layout.

[Kays vRS]

Thankfully it was just a warning, so no charge, though when the road's busy just there you'll have to cross the bus lane to go left, which sounds a bit dangerous to me.