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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: anotherohn on July 28, 2024, 01:10:15 pm

Title: Re: Access driveway in bus lane
Post by: Incandescent on July 28, 2024, 11:45:07 pm: Quote from: Hippocrates on July 28, 2024, 10:50:09 pm
FGS: please tell us at least the Council! And name the bus lane.
Better - post up a GSV link to the exact location.
Title: Re: Access driveway in bus lane
Post by: Hippocrates on July 28, 2024, 10:50:09 pm: FGS: please tell us at least the Council! And name the bus lane.
Title: Re: Access driveway in bus lane
Post by: anotherohn on July 28, 2024, 07:11:53 pm: I've had a look at your instructions now but, unfortunately, I'm not very tech-savvy and I don't know how to use the image storing and uploading services that you've suggested so I'll have to wait until one of my 30-odd year old kids comes round and hopefully they'll be able to help me.
Thanks and all the best anyway.
Title: Re: Access driveway in bus lane
Post by: anotherohn on July 28, 2024, 01:41:14 pm: Thank you Incandescent - and my apologies for not following the normal format for posting. I'm just going out for the rest of the day now, but hopefully I'll be able to try again maybe later or before I go down the coast tomorrow.
Title: Re: Access driveway in bus lane
Post by: Incandescent on July 28, 2024, 01:20:13 pm: Well, sorry, but without us seeing what you showed TfL, it's quite impossible to give any advice. So please read this, and update your thread accordingly, after which I'm sure the experts on here will soon come on to tell you if you are in the right.
https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!-this-section-is-for-council-tfl-dartme/
Title: Access driveway in bus lane
Post by: anotherohn on July 28, 2024, 01:10:15 pm: I've picked up a PCN for 'being in a bus lane' and my initial representation against the offence has been dismissed so I am intending to do a formal appeal.
But before I do, I'd be grateful for opinions on whether I'm right or TfL are please.
There are 2 photos of my car in the bus lane - one as I 'broke into' the bus lane about 30m before the driveway, and another with my car slightly steering towards the dropped-curb crossover into a church car park, which has been in regular use by many dozens of cars every week for decades.
In my online representation, which described the above scenario, I uploaded a Google satellite photo of the road, clearly showing the bus lane marking in relation to the crossover and car park; and I would be using this as the basis of my appeal in that it seeks to unfairly prohibit access to this car park.