{"id":650267,"date":"2025-12-23T11:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T11:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/650267\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T11:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T11:32:24","slug":"thousands-more-drivers-caught-at-birmingham-city-centre-bus-lane-after-cameras-moved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/650267\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands more drivers caught at Birmingham city centre bus lane after cameras moved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning to drivers who were previously getting away with breaking the rules\"broadBus lane cameras now operate along Broad Street.(Image: Darren Quinton\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n

New bus lane cameras on Birmingham’s famous Broad Street caught thousands more drivers in the later part of this year after their position was moved.<\/p>\n

A number of cameras went live along the nightlife strip as enforcement began at the end of last year, resulting in thousands of drivers being punished at bus and tram-only sections.<\/p>\n

At one section, council bosses decided the cameras needed shifting as motorists were evading detection, BirminghamLive has learned.<\/p>\n

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This is at Berkley Street, outbound, near the Library of Birmingham<\/a> end of Broad Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The city council said the ‘region of interest’ on the camera – meaning the section of road it monitors – was switched following a review.<\/p>\n

And the impact has been stark.<\/p>\n

Recorded offences went from up from roughly a few hundred each month to 5,508 in September and 3,557 in October, data obtained by BirminghamLive showed.<\/p>\n

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Bosses said the surge was a result of the camera switch rather than any change in driver behaviour and cameras were now more accurate, meaning many were getting away with it before then.<\/p>\n

Cameras have been installed along Broad Street in a bid to combat flouting of the bus and tram-only zone by car drivers.<\/p>\n

In the first year since enforcement began, almost 25,000 motorists have broken the rules and been sent fines.<\/p>\n

Those who drift into bus lanes are hit with \u00a330 fines, doubling to \u00a360 if not paid within 14 days.<\/p>\n

A Birmingham City Council<\/a> spokesperson said: “The increase in bus lane enforcement at Broad Street (Berkley Street outbound) during September and October followed a scheduled review of the new camera system.<\/p>\n

“As part of this review, the region of interest (ROI) on the camera was adjusted to ensure it was accurately capturing all vehicles contravening the restrictions in place.<\/p>\n

“This technical adjustment resulted in a higher number of recorded offences, reflecting more accurate enforcement rather than a change in driver behaviour.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warning to drivers who were previously getting away with breaking the rulesBus lane cameras now operate along Broad…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,983,984,748,82514,393,4884,1230,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-650267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-centre","10":"tag-birmingham-city-council","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-broad-street-birmingham","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-motoring","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115768666238904551","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}