Council Fine Check- Location
- Stoney Road
- Type
- Bus gate
- Restriction
- Bus gate
- Contravention
- Usually code 34: Being in a bus lane (the council lists the restriction, not the code: check the code printed on your PCN)
- Hours
- Not confirmed by our sources: check the signs and your PCN photos
- Enforced since
- Start date not published; listed by the council as enforcing
- Council
- Coventry City Council
- Appeals
- Traffic Penalty Tribunal
About this camera
Coventry City Council lists a CCTV camera on Stoney Road, enforcing a bus gate restriction. A PCN from it alleges using a route restricted to buses and other permitted vehicles. The council's list does not give the hours, so check the times on the signs and in the footage. Check that the signs on the approach made the restriction clear in time to choose another route, and whether your vehicle is one the sign allows. Coventry enforces its bus lanes and bus gates with fixed ANPR cameras and posts the PCN, with an evidence pack, to the registered owner or hirer. Coventry deals with bus lane and bus gate PCNs through the same challenge process; it gives the bus lane charge as £70, reduced to £35 if paid within 21 days of the date of service and rising to £105 if unpaid after 28 days. Appeals go to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal.
Common grounds at a bus gate camera
- Check the hours of operation on the blue sign; many lanes are part-time.
- Entering briefly to turn left into a side road or to pass an obstruction may be allowed; check the sign and markings.
- Was the start of the lane marked with the correct sign and road marking?
Camera PCNs must normally be served within 28 days of the date, unless the DVLA was slow to supply your details. You can ask the council to let you view the recording, or send stills, free of charge (reg 3(3)).
Paying within 21 days gets the 50% discount. Challenging first does not stop you paying later, but the discount may not be offered again once it expires, so note the date.