Xmas drivers fined on bus lanes
COUNCIL Scrooges nabbed 370 drivers on city bus lanes on Christmas and New Year’s Day – despite there being no buses on the road.
Angry motorists hit out at the less than festive behaviour which saw bus lane cameras snap the cars in 15 hot spots across Glasgow.
All drivers were issued with penalty charges of £30, increasing to £60 if not paid in 14 days.
This meant the council stood to make at least £11,100 from city drivers over the two days of the holiday period.
The exact totals were not disclosed by the local authority.
Figures showed the cameras caught 147 people on Christmas Day and 223 on New Year’s Day.
And a total of 422 drivers were fined the previous year.
If all fines were paid within 14 days this would have generated £12,660 for the local authority.
First Bus, the biggest bus operator in the city, did not run any services on Christmas Day.
The only service it ran on New Year’s Day was the Glasgow Shuttle, number 500, which travels between the city centre and Glasgow Airport.
A revised timetable was in operation from December 22 to January 3. One local driver who was caught out on Christmas Day, contacted the Evening Times following our series of stories on the issue of bus lanes.
Justin Bose, from Clydebank, was caught by a camera driving in a part-time bus lane in Great