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Thanks for clarifying where the two bus lane signs are, I thought I was just being dense.  Unfortunately, I saw them at the time and indicated to move into the right hand lane but there was another car there, so couldn't do it safely which then meant that I caught by the camera.  I suppose I thought that if there had been a sign indicating a bus lane (as there is at those crossroads from the other direction) I would have been forewarned and not gone into the bus lane in the first place.  I still think I have a case but it's very slim and just not worth the risk.

Oh well, you live and learn.

Thanks for your time in helping me and others, really appreciate it.
Best wishes
Ian

Thanks roythebus.  I was distracted because I was driving somewhere unfamiliar so didn’t know I was turning into a bus lane and felt I couldn’t move out because of the white car on my right hand side.

How long does it take for an appeal to be considered?  I don’t want to have to pay double if it takes ages and I lose.

Hi FTLA team

Travelling West along the A27 in error, I took the slip road A270 Lewes Road as I needed to go East along the A27.  This enabled me to turn right along Stony Mere Way very briefly (under the A27) and then right again onto the slip road leading back on to the A27.

Having gone under the A27 and turning right, I kept to the left hand side not realising that it was a bus lane.  As soon as I realised that it was a bus lane, I looked in my mirror to see if it was safe to move into the right hand lane but there was a car there, so I couldn't.  This is captured on video.
 
I admit that I was in the bus lane but it seems unfair there was no advance notice of this until I was actually in the lane, so I wondered if this was grounds for challenge/appeal.

PNC




Maps
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RB6QSEbtQEK5q6ar5 (traffic lights at end of slip road off A27)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gbP3x6snh2AUK7Cc9 (turning right onto Stony Mere Way going under A27)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/i73GfwRRuUN3byhe8 (traffic lights showing one lane, about to turn right)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UawmXjAM4FsDrKhJA (turning right onto slip road from one lane into two, showing bus lane)

I also have a video illustrating the journey if needs be.

Thank you for any help or advice.
Mr H

Hi

Apologies I'm a newbie so don't even know if what I'm doing is correct.

I received a PCN 34 today for driving in a bus lane (Loc=2262).  Am I able to appeal because I found myself in this lane because of lack of signage and then was unable to move out of the lane due to a car on my right hand side?

I was travelling west along the A27 when I realised that I had made a mistake and pulled off on the A270 Lewes Road and approached a set of traffic lights where I could turn right towards Stanmer Park (under the A27) and then right again to head back onto the A27 Eastbound.  I was in a single lane and turned right onto this slip road back onto the A27 keeping to the left hand side, only to discover that this was a bus lane and there was another lane to my right.  There was no advance warning that there was a bus lane.  Unfortunately there was another car in this lane by now so I couldn't move over, even though I realised that I was in the wrong lane.

Any advice gratefully received. 

Many thanks

Mr H