An ASDA shopper received three fines after confusion about the boundary of Bristol's Clean Air Zone. Carol Evans, from Hartcliffe, was caught when exiting the supermarket's car park in Bedminster onto Coronation Road - a road she thought was exempt from the zone.
When the CAZ was first brought in last November, the 170-yard stretch of road was said to be a 'loophole' in the zone that motorists would not be charged for entering. However, by January 2023, drivers with non-compliant vehicles using the Coronation Road exit, to go down the St. John’s route, were receiving fines.
In February the council eventually confirmed that its initial guidance had been incorrect and this was in fact part of the CAZ, so drivers will be fined. But Carol, 62, was unaware despite always using that route to get home from Asda.
