{"id":12517,"date":"2025-01-28T05:48:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12517"},"modified":"2025-01-28T05:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:48:22","slug":"bus-lane-camera-clocks-up-220k-in-fines-in-just-over-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=12517","title":{"rendered":"Bus lane camera clocks up $220k in fines in just over a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between 9 December and 17 January, 1475 tickets were issued for people driving on the lane which led to $221,250 worth of fines being dished out.<\/p>\n<p>It was significantly more than the Adelaide Road bus lane nearby that raised $26,250 over the same period.<\/p>\n<p>Felesese Pati who was fined $150 for using the bus lane told RNZ he believed people were driving on it unintentionally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To me it&#8217;s like accidental and kind of confusing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pati believed the council could make it more obvious for people to know they could not drive on it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--4eTbdwri--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1737672876\/4KD30Q1_250124_Riddiford_bus_lane_5_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"Riddiford St bus lane in Wellington\" width=\"1050\" height=\"699\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">A sign warns people about cameras in the area.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0RNZ \/ Samuel Rillstone<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Wellington City Council spokesperson said drivers should always check signs for bus lane operating hours and whether it was a regular bus lane or a bus-only lane.<\/p>\n<p>The person said all bus lanes were clearly marked with signs and green on-road markings.<\/p>\n<p>rnz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between 9 December and 17 January, 1475 tickets were issued for people driving on the lane which led to $221,250 worth of fines being dished out. It was significantly more than the Adelaide Road bus lane nearby that raised $26,250 over the same period. Felesese Pati who was fined $150 for using the bus lane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12519,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12517\/revisions\/12519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}