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Hi,

Location:
Driver was driving towards the main Camden High Street.
Leaving the Camden Bridge/Camden Road overground station behind, just before the big Sainsbury's shop.


Conditions:
Dark night, very dodgy weather.
Driver naturally stayed on the left lane after the bridge, which made the first 'bus lane' sign completely out of sight.
It is obscured by a big Congestion Sign notice, at least double the size of the bus lane notice.

Driver didn't notice the second sign at all. We think it was vandalised or skewed on the night.
We just saw it now on the PCN and on historical goole maps going back couple years.

There is absolutely no 'bus lane' wording painted on the road surface. Anywhere.
Bus lane itself must be only a couple meters long as you get a left turn shorty.
There were no buses present when the apparent contravention occurred.

I've made a couple snaps  to show the lack of street wording.
Check the top view, there is no notice written anywhere on the street surface.

Exact location:
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Can the bus lane be actually enforceable in such situation?
Would love to hear your opinion on this and thank you very much for your time.


PS. Letter arrived just now, but is dated 7th of January, must be post Christmas post delay I guess

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Hi,

Thank you for the input.

After checking it seems there is a newer version from 2016.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/made

The TSRGD prescribes mandatory signs and road markings for enforceable restrictions like bus lanes.
Road Markings for Bus Lanes

Standard bus lanes (with-flow or contra-flow) typically require:
A boundary line: usually a solid white line (diagram 1049A or 1049B in TSRGD) to define the lane edge.
Road legend: the word "BUS" (or sometimes "BUS LANE") marked on the road surface in the prescribed diagram, such as diagram 1048 ("BUS LANE" wording) or similar bus symbol/legend markings.
Schedule 9, Part 6, item 14 and onwards.

Looking at the above it seems that this particular bus lane is without the prescribed road markings (particularly the "BUS LANE" legend) and therefore the lane doesn't fully comply with TSRGD requirements.

In this particular case the road surface 'bus lane' markings are completely absent, what do you think?

Thank you.