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Hi,

I was running late for my wife's hospital appointment at Nottingham City Hospital.  We were coming down Hucknall road and I entered the bus lane slightly early after gate no.2 of the hospital in order to take gate no.3 entrance.  The council sent me a PCN through the post and I appealed sighting that the PCN was invalid because I had to enter the bus lane in order to take the entrance of gate no.3 of the hospital and attached a copy of my wife's hospital appointment lettter.  My appeal was rejected on the basis that I was driving along the bus lane for an unreasonable distance.  The distance after gate no.2 to gate no.3 is very short and I do not believe this is an unreasonable distance as claimed by the council.

Do I have a case to appeal further or should I just pay the fine?

I would be very grateful for your guidance.

Thanks.




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Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it.

I have attached the images of the original PCN notice and a link of the video from the council website.

https://jmp.sh/WhL2LluW






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Presumably this is a 30mph limit and you had traffic right behind - I don't think it's unreasonable to prepare a left turn earlier than the lane end which should end sooner in my view. Whether an adjudicator will agree is the £35 question.

We need to look at all the PCN.

Thanks all, your input has been very valuable to me.

If I take the chance and appeal again and I lost, will I lose the discount rate?

Thanks all, your input has been very valuable to me.

If I take the chance and appeal again and I lost, will I lose the discount rate?

If you take them to the adjudicators, the discount option is lost. Of course if you win, you pay nothing. It's a double-or-quits gamble essentially.

What would you say are my chances in succeeding if I appealed?

Poor.