Stopping in a bus lane to load or drop off passengers
Some bus lanes allow you to briefly stop for loading or to drop off and pick up passengers — but only if the information plate on the bus-lane sign says so. If your stop was short, you were doing one of those permitted things, and the sign allowed it, then you were not breaking the rule.
Legal basis
Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 182/1997) — bus-lane use may include signed loading/set-down exemptions.
How to identify this in your case
Did you stop briefly in a bus lane only to load goods or to drop off or pick up passengers? Check the information plate on the bus-lane sign — does it show that loading or setting down passengers is allowed? If yes, this ground may apply to you.
Sample appeal wording
Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.
I was lawfully loading or setting down passengers in the bus lane, as permitted by the signage in compliance with the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 182/1997). [SPECIFY THE NATURE OF THE LOADING OR SET-DOWN ACTIVITY AND REFERENCE THE SIGNAGE PERMITTING THIS USE]. My brief stop for this permitted purpose did not constitute a contravention. I request that the Fixed Charge Notice be cancelled.
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