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Birmingham has been fined pounds to bus lanes, it has been revealed.
Motorists who inadvertently veer into a bus lane fill the town hall coffers with the song of more than 2 million pounds a year.
In just one year, Birmingham City Council generated a source of income of 2,065,736 euros after issuing 70,430 Penalty Notices (PCN) for traveling on bus lanes, which means it is the sixth highest source of income of all UK city councils in terms of bus lanes. fines.
Across the city, the maximum number of bus lanes now has CCTV cameras so that they can temporarily identify drivers who are moving away and then get an NCP by mail, which costs 60 euros or is reduced to 30 if paid within fifteen days.
There are more than 120 bus lanes in the city, most of which are located on Birmingham’s major A-roads, such as Birchfield Road, Stratford Road, Shirley Road, Alcester Road and Hagley Road.
A bus lane on Sheepcote Street in the city centre sold for 6000 euros in its first hour of operation last September, when 54 drivers were wrong in their first 30 minutes of operation.
The online comparison page comparethemarket.com submitted a request for access to information to the town halls of the 50 cities and towns with the highest population in the UK, as well as to the London district.March 2019, and how much profits they had generated.
From there, they compiled a list of London’s 10 outdoor town halls that were earning the maximum cash from the NCPs in the bus lane.At the sensitive peak of the tree were Manchester and Glasgow, Birmingham in sixth place.
Dan Hutson, Head of Auto Insurance at comparethemarket.com, said: “It can happen to us, especially if you’re driving in an unknown component of the city or city.
“However, with cameras tracking more and more roads, it’s easy to get caught.As more and more of us take the roads, especially to get to the big cities, it is vital to be attentive to the road code because we don’t -You have to end with a fine.
“If you think you’ve been fined and it’s a mistake, you can challenge a penalty notice.However, keep in mind that if you don’t pay the fine within 14 days, the rate is regularly doubled.”
Birmingham City Council said the cash from the fines went to house finance, bus lane maintenance and NCP issuing charge.Any surplus is used for public transport and roads.
Comparethemarket.com stated that the amount of profit would possibly be higher or lower than the figures cited, as some of the fines may have been cancelled or amortized, or not yet paid, when knowledge was collected in April of this year.
A Birmingham City Spokesman said: “Surveillance cameras in bus lanes are a vital tool for keeping the city moving, but preferably it would not be mandatory to include penalty notices if motorists did not drive in bus lanes.not “Be clearer: cross the line, pay the fine.”
Top 10 outdoor tips in London for fines in bus lanes:
1. Manchester: imposed 388,213 fines and 8,389,610 euros.
2. Glasgow: 89,658 fines, 2,874,720 pounds.
3. Coventry: 86,4141 fines, 2,738,309 pounds.
4. Reading: 71,693 fines, 2,176,571 pounds.
5. Nottingham – 74, 275 fines, 2,122,118 euros.
6. Birmingham – 70,430 fines, 2,065,736 euros.
7. Cardiff – 76,651 fines, 1,856,146 euros.
8. Brighton and Hove: 75,029 fines, 1,846,643 euros.
9. Bristol – 64,035 fines, 1,822,046 euros.
10. Cambridge: 74,224 fines, 1,821,213 euros.