Bus lane fixed penalty notice

Dippygoose

I’ve just received a fixed penalty notice for riding down a bus lane according to Swindon borough Council bylaws Motorcycles are allowed in bus lanes.

but here’s the issue they’re saying I rode down a bus gate but there are three signs indicating a bus lane and one road marking indicating a bus gate and my fixed penalty notice indicates it’s a bus lane.

One sign is 30 m down the road which is a standard bus lane sign. The second is on the turning itself facing the wrong way the third sign says bus lane camera not bus gate camera also facing the wrong way.
But the road markings painted on the road itself says bus gate, but you can’t see it until you get onto it by then it’s too late.

And the highway code says you must continue on if you take a wrong road.

so the council don’t even know what it is

Do I fight it or pay it? 

I’m unfamiliar with the area and was following satnav .
so am I bang to rights or do I have a case?

fisherjim

We major on private parking tickets here, you need to take this to this forum:

https://www.ftla.uk/index.php

Dippygoose

fisherjim said:

We major on private parking tickets here, you need to take this to this forum:

https://www.ftla.uk/index.php

Much appreciated have posted on the forum

Coupon-mad

What you have described sounds winnable to me (at adjudication: second stage appeal) not least because some signs call it a bus lane and the contravention on the notice indicates it’s a bus lane.

But we mainly cover private parking charges. FTLA forum (not MSE) has most of the experts re council PCNs. Post there instead.

Dippygoose

Coupon-mad said:

What you have described sounds winnable to me (at adjudication: second stage appeal) not least because some signs call it a bus lane and the contravention on the notice indicates it’s a bus lane.

But we mainly cover private parking charges. FTLA forum (not MSE) has most of the experts re council PCNs. Post there instead.

That’s what I was thinking because road signs must be clear their can’t be conflicting road signs with enough notice or it may cause an accident.