If you do go, be careful where you drive. BANES council love to scam money from the public for alleged offences, such as driving in a Bus Lane. That's okay, providing you are aware it's a bus lane and is suitably signposted.
The Law is clear on signage - http://penaltychargenotice.co.uk/bus-lanes/ and the place where I was allegedly caught driving in a BUS LANE does not have ANY of these.
My blog is about being ripped off and then when you refute it, they hang on to the notion that big corporate government is always right.
Of course I wrote to them when I got back and refuted the offence and asked for a refund of £30 that my sister paid for me because I was in Thailand. She rightly was concerned I'd miss the deadline and end up paying more.
They wrote back with garbage about the signage having been checked in November 2012 and found compliant. Huh? It's not even any of the ones shown on the website above!
The conclusion of the letter was a warning: I could go to tribunal but if I lost they would claim another £30 on top of my original £30....
Scammers!
My reply was forthwith, "Do you really want to waste everyone's time?" A friend had a similar PCN in 2013-14, in the same location, it went to tribunal and was cancelled on the grounds the signage was illegal - he used the information on the website above.
I await my £30 refund by return.
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