[Travel] Beware dyke Road and North street bus lanes are now 24 hours !

[Jeremiah]

Nope

Thanks for that.

I took Seven Dials to Preston Circus and Elm Grove for the Bournemouth night game. But it took 25 minutes from Seven Dials to get under the Viaduct. because of rush hour traffic. Any idea of the sort of traffic on this stretch at about 1:30pm Saturday ?

 

[Chicken Run]

Thanks for that.

I took Seven Dials to Preston Circus and Elm Grove for the Bournemouth night game. But it took 25 minutes from Seven Dials to get under the Viaduct. because of rush hour traffic. Any idea of the sort of traffic on this stretch at about 1:30pm Saturday ?

Not as bad as that, avoid Upper Hollingdean Road if you decide Millers road over preston drove towards bear road, road works there too

 

[AstroSloth]

I kinda agree though. Even though it would appear the fella is in the right but wouldn't you after the first penalty go well its not worth the hassle having to fight these so I won't drive in the bus lane until its sorted? Perhaps thats just me.

Most likely he's been driving in the bus lane as usual for the last two weeks, then fines started turning up two weeks later and then he changed his action.

 

[Weststander]

Cloned plates are the answer.

 

[trueblue]

Cloned plates are the answer.

There was an article in the paper the other day saying something like 45% of cabs in London have a super-reflective coating on the number plate that prevents speed cameras/ANPR from reading the plate. Wasn't just about cabs... lots of people doing it. Not yet illegal but will be soon I think.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Not yet illegal but will be soon I think.

They are illegal.

You could get done for a road traffic offence. Or you could get done for fraud, depending on whether you've made a gain (or attempted to), by using them.

Or both.

 

[trueblue]

They are illegal.

You could get done for a road traffic offence. Or you could get done for fraud, depending on whether you've made a gain (or attempted to), by using them.

Or both.

Sounds fair enough, thanks. In that case, I think the article was talking about a crack down on their use because they've become so widespread. Amazing that companies like the one below get away with it - first result on Google for 'reflective numberplate'. Presumably it's the usual 'not illegal to sell them but illegal to use them' loophole:

Stealthplate

www.stealthplate.co.uk

 

[Bodian]

My son got 12 of these letters today , thankfully all in the same envelope saying they have all been cancelled

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That last sentence seems to say he can drive in all bus lanes now and won't get fined??!