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Nottingham City Council has given out more than £1 million in fines during 2022 to drivers using a bus lane along one of the city's roads. More than 39,000 fines - officially known as penalty charge notices - have been given out for people using the Canal Street bus lane, which was introduced as part of wider changes to the Broadmarsh.
For people using the bus lane near Middle Hill alone, fines worth £793,584.71 have been handed out. The fines are broken down into which day and month they were handed out, with the figures showing that for drivers fined near Middle Hill, the most fines were handed out in April. "However, it's a tiny proportion of vehicles receiving a penalty charge notice which pass through this area." Drivers in Nottingham had mixed views about the scale of fines handed out.
Andrew Martinovs, 50, originally from Kimberley, said: "I know what it is like to be caught out by these things because I live in London now and I was done for driving into an ultra-low emission zone. That was a case where I just didn't know the zone was coming up and it was too late so I had to turn around, and I think that's what happens with bus lanes too.
"My ex-partner was done herself for driving in the bus lane on Mansfield Road. I think whenever they are giving fines out they need to look at their signage first, and make sure that signs are fully lit at night and things like that so that drivers have got a fair chance of seeing them."
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