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Parking Idiot
hi,
I'm a bit of a moron, and I drove my car into a bus lane in Lambeth.

But in my defence it was super confusing, and my sat nav told me to drive there.

Please see attached the PCN I received.

Also would I be right in thinking 14 days from
10/06/2018 means the last chance to pay the discounted rate would be Sunday?

Any advice would be gratefully received.

Thanks

Parking Idiot
MrChips
Discount available up to and including Tuesday 26 June. It's 14 days starting with the date of the notice (13 June).
stamfordman
Clapham Park Road is a location that's been seen here many times and I think the consensus is unless there are unusual circumstances it's best to pay the discount.

With all PCNs, though, you can ask for discretion.

The PCN may be faulty but looks ok to me.
Parking Idiot
From reading about this particular bus lane, as lot of industry bodies are calling this particular bus lane
out as entrapment, as the AA says if thousands of drivers are being ticketed, it probably stands to
reason there is something wrong with the signage.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/m...h-a2946536.html

https://news.sky.com/story/the-6m-bus-lane-...apment-10346422

http://www.theaa.com/newsroom/news-2015/bu...rapment.html​

Would mentioning these help my case at all do you think ?

I do feel a bit like I'm being milked like a juicy cash cow.
John U.K.
There were a lot of cases on this forum concerning Clapham Park Road. Use the search facility (top r-h corner of this page) with "Clapham Park Road" as the search term to find them.

Your links (AA one broken by the way) are from 2015.

I have a feeling that since then
1) The signage may have been altered - you need to check the current and historic views on Google Street View.

2) There may have been a PaTAS/LTribunal ruling where sevearal cases were taken together.

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The circumstances and conditions for each case are different. As always, the video is the key evidence.

Get the video and post it here for best advice.

Mad Mick V
OP---- yes you are being milked like the other 20,000 + PCN recipients in the past year.

Unless you broke down in the bus lane or entered it from a street on the driver's side (thus could not see the prohibition signage) I would pay at the discount. This a well oiled money making scam which Lambeth have refined and refined so there is little hope of mounting a successful defence. We have tried and tried I can assure you, some successes which have only helped them get it right.

Mick
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