Private Hire driver clocks up £1,800 Greenway fines in Edinburgh


Motorists are now fined £60 if they are caught in one of Edinburgh's Greenways

A private hire Hire driver has clocked up £1,800 in fines after being caught by the new bus lane cameras in Edinburgh.

The driver was caught 30 times in the two weeks since the new cameras were installed in the city's Greenways.

Edinburgh City Council said it would not waive the fines despite the city's black cabs being allowed to use the lanes for free.

The driver topped a table of 82 persistent Greenways offenders.

Another private hire driver was also caught 13 times in the two weeks since the £60 fines were enforced, meaning a £780 bill.

While another three private hire car were caught seven times, a further three six times each and one was clocked five times.

'Ordinary cars'

Only buses and black cabs are allowed to use the capital's Greenways in a bid to encourage commuters to use them rather than private cars.

An Edinburgh City Council spokesman said: "Bus use in Edinburgh is now around 35% higher than when bus lanes were first introduced in the mid 1990s and their success relies on ensuring only a limited number of vehicles can use them.

"Private hire cars (PHCs) are currently not allowed in the bus lanes and allowing them access would undermine their effectiveness.

"Other reasons include possible confusion among the motoring public as many PHCs look like 'ordinary' cars and this might encourage other motorists to use the lanes.

"There are also no restrictions on the number of PHCs in the city unlike black cabs whose numbers are controlled by the council."


source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-e ... e-18024875

Cameras are new bloodnock but there was also a 2 week breaking in period where offenders got a warning letter that they drove in the greenway yet the driver still chose to do it again.

I do think he'll get the fine reduced but not just to a one off payment. Maybe a couple of hundred

I'm pleased I'm just a Country Bumpkin, You townie types would need as many eyes as a spider to Spot all those different Bus Lanes, Cycle Lanes, Temporary One way Systems, Temporary road Closures, Trams, Inadvertently Parking in a Car Club bay, Hidden/lurking Blue meanies and bloody rickshaws!! Don't you just live in Dread of the Postman bearing a NIP?

No, I'll Dodge away happily flattening pheasants on the meandering hedge lined roads of rural sheepsville I think.

Blood why not just change to public hire, all you would need to do is change your plates over and fit a meter, the insurance should be the same, then like me you can use them up there

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Woodburn and Gibson have already taken legal advice and are more than happy to trot this, £1,800 in Greenway's fines, through the courts.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Woodburn and Gibson have already taken legal advice and are more than happy to trot this, £1,800 in Greenway's fines, through the courts.

I wonder what would actually be the outcome if the case were that a phc car hit and killed a pedestrian whilst going along princes st.

I would imagine the same as if a black cab did likewise.