Bristol City Council has admitted its Clean Air Zone cameras may well be faulty after some of the first letters warning drivers they would be charged were sent to people who live hundreds of miles away and have never been to Bristol.
The council began sending letters on Monday to drivers using vehicles that had been triggered by the new cameras on the edge of the Clean Air Zone during a three-week period in September. The letters warned them that, while they weren’t being fined for that trip, they would be if they make the same journey into the Clean Air Zone after the scheme starts on November 28.
But a number of motorists have complained to Bristol City Council that they received letters even though they live hundreds of miles from Bristol and haven’t visited the city before. One motorist from West Wales said she visited her local police station because she was worried her vehicle had been cloned, while another driver from Merseyside said he would be demanding £300 compensation for the time and stress involved after receiving the letter.
