Plans have been welcomed for new cameras to help stop motorists wrongly driving in a bus lane on a busy Nottinghamshire road. An automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera will be put on Mansfield Road southbound in Woodthorpe, one of six bus lanes set to benefit from the technology.
Nottinghamshire County Council plans to increase its traffic enforcement across the county because of “significant contraventions” of road laws. The council says this includes problems at bus lanes where surveys found more than one in five vehicles using the routes were not buses.
Motorists found contravening the bus lane regulations could face a fine of up to £70. The plans were warmly received by those living in Mansfield Road, Woodthorpe.
