Penalty Notice from Council

w00519772

I have received a Penalty Charge notice from Nottingham City Council today for driving in a bus lane. I am asked to pay £30 within 14 days. My "excuses" are:

1) I have never driven in this city centre before.
2) I have sat Nav and was just following instructions

Please don't lecture me as I know it is wrong. Unfortunately I just followed instructions and perhaps lacked awareness.

I am wandering if I have a case to appeal? I think I will just pay the £90 and learn from it?

Also, I am concerned that I have "pinged" a few more cameras as I drove straight through the city centre.

Would I receive all notices on the same day?

GTE_Boy

w00519772 wrote: »

I have received a Penalty Charge notice from Nottingham City Council today for driving in a bus lane. I am asked to pay £30 within 14 days. My "excuses" are:

1) I have never driven in this city centre before.
2) I have sat Nav and was just following instructions

Please don't lecture me as I know it is wrong. Unfortunately I just followed instructions and perhaps lacked awareness.

I am wandering if I have a case to appeal? I think I will just pay the £90 and learn from it?

Also, I am concerned that I have "pinged" a few more cameras as I drove straight through the city centre.

Would I receive all notices on the same day?

Ignorance is no excuse and the sat nav tells you to follow the rules of the road. Pay up while it's discounted you have no defence if you fight it.

w00519772

GTE_Boy wrote: »

Ignorance is no excuse and the sat nav tells you to follow the rules of the road. Pay up while it's discounted you have no defence if you fight it.

What about my other question about other offences on that day? Would all the Penalty Notices come at once?

neilmcl

w00519772 wrote: »

I have received a Penalty Charge notice from Nottingham City Council today for driving in a bus lane. I am asked to pay £30 within 14 days. My "excuses" are:

1) I have never driven in this city centre before.
2) I have sat Nav and was just following instructions

Please don't lecture me as I know it is wrong. Unfortunately I just followed instructions and perhaps lacked awareness.

I am wandering if I have a case to appeal? I think I will just pay the £90 and learn from it?

Also, I am concerned that I have "pinged" a few more cameras as I drove straight through the city centre.

Would I receive all notices on the same day?

Just because you've never driven in a particular city before or are following your sat nav is no excuse for not actually paying attention to the roads and in particular road signs around you. FYI the bus lane signs in Nottingham are extremely clear as to what restrictions are in place. You have absolutely no defence I'm afraid and as far as other offences are concerned you'll need to wait and see. How long ago was this?

w00519772

neilmcl wrote: »

Just because you've never driven in a particular city before or are following your sat nav is no excuse for not actually paying attention to the roads and in particular road signs around you. FYI the bus lane signs in Nottingham are extremely clear as to what restrictions are in place. You have absolutely no defence I'm afraid and as far as other offences are concerned you'll need to wait and see. How long ago was this?

It was last Saturday.

neilmcl

Another 7 days to go then although you'll probably be lucky and this is the only one you'll get.

GTE_Boy

neilmcl wrote: »

Another 7 days to go then although you'll probably be lucky and this is the only one you'll get.

Five months three weeks.

neilmcl

GTE_Boy wrote: »

Five months three weeks.

Oh well

Barny1979

What was the time between the 3 offences?

takman

w00519772 wrote: »

I have received a Penalty Charge notice from Nottingham City Council today for driving in a bus lane. I am asked to pay £30 within 14 days. My "excuses" are:

1) I have never driven in this city centre before.
2) I have sat Nav and was just following instructions

Please don't lecture me as I know it is wrong. Unfortunately I just followed instructions and perhaps lacked awareness.

I am wandering if I have a case to appeal? I think I will just pay the £90 and learn from it?

Also, I am concerned that I have "pinged" a few more cameras as I drove straight through the city centre.

Would I receive all notices on the same day?

I can't believe you would think that is a reasonable defence to the ticket!. I have driven in various different countries before and never got a ticket or been stopped by the police!. Even when it was my first time abroad on the "wrong" side of the road and car.

That's probably the reason so few people rent cars when abroad because they can't drive correctly in a different city nevermind a different country :rotfl:

Robin9

You deserve a lecture.

Pay the fine and buy (and read) a copy of the Highway Code.