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Hello folks!

Redbridge
AF49953922
SAF17A

PCN (redacted)

CCTV Footage

GSV

My proposed reps to Redbridge are:

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1) the alleged contravention of ‘34j – Being in A Bus Lane’ did not occur due to the following:
  a) The exact locus of the alleged contravention is not stated in the PCN;
  b) a Bus Lane only becomes effective/enforceable where the white solid line starts;
  c) I put to you strict proof that the vehicle encroached beyond the solid white line as let alone ‘de minimis’, the vehicle alleged didn’t even pass beyond the section where  the white solid line begins. If anything, the vehicle began to reverse prior to that and was only delayed by and due to safety concerns of other vehicles passing behind it; and
  d) full and extended CCTV footage rather than a misleading shortened clip (as is the usual ploy of Redbridge parking enforcement CCTV operators), would corroborate the above.

2) in light of the above, cancel the PCN;

3) be forewarned that should you not cancel this PCN, I will be taking this matter to tribunal and making a request for costs.
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Feedback/thoughts welcome.

Thanks - NTIAEP

The video shows no contravention at all. I assume from your narrative, you realised you were about to enter the bus lane, so stoppped and waited until it was safe to reverse back and proceed down the traffic lane. Looks like a typically mendacious editing of the video so as not to show you reversing. At no time did your car pass the bus lane sign which indicates the start of the bus lane.

So, follow Hippocrates advice re what to put in your representations, but do be aware they will reply with a Fob-Off letter as they always do. In cases like this you must be prepared to stand your ground and take them to London Tribunals.