M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced'

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Fri 11 Sep 2009 15:52
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - drbe
Just 14 £60 fixed penalty notices were issued in 2008 with six issued so far this year - according to BBC London on the teletex pages.

The chances of getting caught are so remote that minicab company Addison Lee have instructed its drivers to use the bus lane.

I have never seen a bus using the bus lane sit was launched by lovable, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in 1999.
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Fri 11 Sep 2009 16:10
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - Lud
A damn silly bus lane it is too, replacing as it does the overtaking lane instead of being where all other bus lanes are... I have seen buses in it, but of course it's empty most of the time. It slows down the London-bound traffic well before the overhead section which people used to shoot through before cameras.
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Fri 11 Sep 2009 16:14
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - drbe
I have seen buses in it
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Have you honestly seen "a bus" in it? Because I never have. Taxis, motorbikes, coaches and now, of course, we can look forward to seeing Addison Lee people carriers in the bus lane.
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Fri 11 Sep 2009 16:25
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - bathtub tom
I think I heard Terry Wogan saying he saw TWO buses in it this morning - typical, you don't see one for ages, then......................
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Fri 11 Sep 2009 16:29
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - daveyjp
It's a similar tale with our local 2+ lane. It's so rarely enforced it is widely ignored.

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Fri 11 Sep 2009 16:31
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - Old Navy
If there is a lot of illegal use of this ill conceved bus lane, looks like someone has missed a revenue raising opportunity, an ANPR camera would pay for itself in no time.
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Fri 11 Sep 2009 16:44
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - daveyjp
Even an ANPR system needs an expensive human back up team to operate.

Once this is in place no one uses the lane and the income dries up.
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Fri 11 Sep 2009 17:13
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - Old Navy
There must be a camera outfit already in place in the area, speed, parking, bus lanes, all have camera enforcement, one more camera wont tie up more staff.
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Fri 11 Sep 2009 17:24
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - retgwte
the only time ive ever seen the lane used was by government ministers in the back of their Jags

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Fri 11 Sep 2009 17:31
M4 bus lane is 'barely enforced' - Old Navy
Can ministerial drivers put their fines on their passengers expenses? :-)
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