Single mother-of-eight who claims £2,000 a month in state handouts has £600 of bus lane fines slashed because she says she can't afford them

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:05:11 +0000, Bertie Wooster wrote:

On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 21:33:11 -0000, "Norman Wells"
wrote:

Anthony wrote:
A single mother with eight children who receives £2,000 a month in
benefits has had a string of bus lane fines slashed because she claims
she can't afford to pay them.

Marie Buchan, 31 racked up 10 tickets in just one week after straying
into the bus lane when her youngest daughter Olivia, then aged two
months, was admitted to hospital with bronchitis.

Ms Buchan, whose children are aged between four months and 12 years
old, receives £500 a month in state handouts and said the £600 of
fines left her facing financial ruin.
Fined: Marie Buchan, 31, from Selly Oak in Birmingham, claims £2,000 a
month in benefits and has had a string of bus lane fines slashed
because she says she can't afford to pay them +3

Fined: Marie Buchan, 31, from Selly Oak in Birmingham, claims £2,000 a
month in benefits and has had a string of bus lane fines slashed
because she says she can't afford to pay them

She was caught by bus lane cameras in Birmingham city centre, which
have issued more than 80,000 fines since they were installed in
September - to the anger of thousands of motorists ordered to pay the
£60 sums.
Having appealed on both grounds of financial hardship and that, like
many who have complained, the bus lane signs are inadequate and easy
to miss, Birmingham City Council has withdrawn seven of Ms Buchan's
penalty notices, cutting 2000 per month 420 from her bill.

However, the council says she must still pay £180 after she was
penalised while taking Olivia to Birmingham ChildrenÂ’s Hospital and
received the 10 fine notices in the post more than a week later.

'I made a genuine mistake,' said Ms Buchan of Selley Oak.

'I was desperate to get to the hospital and had a screaming child in
the car. I was not aware there were bus lanes until the fines came
through the post.

So what?

She should have gone by bicycle (just to make this post relevant to
uk.rec.cycling).

A person who fraudulently claims £2000 per month would not deign to be
seen on a bicycle.

On 04/02/2014 21:13, Anthony wrote:
A single mother with eight children who receives £2,000 a month in
benefits has had a string of bus lane fines slashed because she claims
she can't afford to pay them.

Marie Buchan, 31 racked up 10 tickets in just one week after straying
into the bus lane when her youngest daughter Olivia, then aged two
months, was admitted to hospital with bronchitis.

Ms Buchan, whose children are aged between four months and 12 years old,
receives £500 a month in state handouts and said the £600 of fines left
her facing financial ruin.
Fined: Marie Buchan, 31, from Selly Oak in Birmingham, claims £2,000 a
month in benefits and has had a string of bus lane fines slashed because
she says she can't afford to pay them
+3

Fined: Marie Buchan, 31, from Selly Oak in Birmingham, claims £2,000 a
month in benefits and has had a string of bus lane fines slashed because
she says she can't afford to pay them

She was caught by bus lane cameras in Birmingham city centre, which have
issued more than 80,000 fines since they were installed in September -
to the anger of thousands of motorists ordered to pay the £60 sums.

Having appealed on both grounds of financial hardship and that, like
many who have complained, the bus lane signs are inadequate and easy to
miss, Birmingham City Council has withdrawn seven of Ms Buchan's penalty
notices, cutting £420 from her bill.

However, the council says she must still pay £180 after she was
penalised while taking Olivia to Birmingham Children’s Hospital and
received the 10 fine notices in the post more than a week later.

'I made a genuine mistake,' said Ms Buchan of Selley Oak.

'I was desperate to get to the hospital and had a screaming child in the
car. I was not aware there were bus lanes until the fines came through
the post.

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Anthony

This post is by Judith, our resident troll.

"Bertie Wooster" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 08:28:09 +0000, JNugent
wrote:

On 05/02/2014 08:15, JNugent wrote:

On 05/02/2014 07:45, Andy Wainwright wrote:
On 04/02/2014 21:13, Anthony wrote:

[ ... ]

Apologies to ukrc for maintaining the inapproriate cross-posting on this
thread. I didn't spot the ukrc line and would have deleted the NG had I
noticed it sooner.

You could, of course, add relevance by suggesting that the state pays
a bicycle grant to single parents to improve mobility and decrease car
dependence.

Yet more evidence of the freeloading nature of cyclists. It's always
"somebody else to pay", isn't it?

"Anthony" wrote in message
...
A single mother with eight children who receives £2,000 a month in benefits
has had a string of bus lane fines slashed because she claims she can't
afford to pay them.

Marie Buchan, 31 racked up 10 tickets in just one week after straying into
the bus lane when her youngest daughter Olivia, then aged two months, was
admitted to hospital with bronchitis.



This happens when they set up a [new] trap.

The speeders, or in this case bus lane encroachers, get caught several days
in a row, sometimes more than once, but it takes a while for the NIP's to
reach them.

Of course if they had been informed of their offending promptly (e.g. by
being pulled over and given a ticket) then they would have stopped, but this
way they clock up thousands in fines and / or enough points for a totting up
ban without even realising.

Autrfois convict does not work here, but the defendant could ask for several
repeat offences to be taken into account at sentencing for the first one.

Anthony wrote:
A single mother with eight children who receives £2,000 a month in
benefits has had a string of bus lane fines slashed because she
claims she can't afford to pay them.

Marie Buchan, 31 racked up 10 tickets in just one week after straying
into the bus lane when her youngest daughter Olivia, then aged two
months, was admitted to hospital with bronchitis.

Ms Buchan, whose children are aged between four months and 12 years
old, receives £500 a month in state handouts and said the £600 of
fines left her facing financial ruin.
Fined: Marie Buchan, 31, from Selly Oak in Birmingham, claims £2,000
a month in benefits and has had a string of bus lane fines slashed
because she says she can't afford to pay them
+3

Fined: Marie Buchan, 31, from Selly Oak in Birmingham, claims £2,000
a month in benefits and has had a string of bus lane fines slashed
because she says she can't afford to pay them

She was caught by bus lane cameras in Birmingham city centre, which
have issued more than 80,000 fines since they were installed in
September - to the anger of thousands of motorists ordered to pay the
£60 sums.
Having appealed on both grounds of financial hardship and that, like
many who have complained, the bus lane signs are inadequate and easy
to miss, Birmingham City Council has withdrawn seven of Ms Buchan's
penalty notices, cutting £420 from her bill.

However, the council says she must still pay £180 after she was
penalised while taking Olivia to Birmingham Children's Hospital and
received the 10 fine notices in the post more than a week later.

'I made a genuine mistake,' said Ms Buchan of Selley Oak.

'I was desperate to get to the hospital and had a screaming child in
the car. I was not aware there were bus lanes until the fines came
through the post.

Read mo
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2sOFd8z7I

read more

Anthony

Aha, Judith in disguise!

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:05:11 +0000, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 21:33:11 -0000, "Norman Wells"
wrote:

Anthony wrote:
A single mother with eight children who receives £2,000 a month in
benefits has had a string of bus lane fines slashed because she
claims she can't afford to pay them.

Marie Buchan, 31 racked up 10 tickets in just one week after straying
into the bus lane when her youngest daughter Olivia, then aged two
months, was admitted to hospital with bronchitis.

Ms Buchan, whose children are aged between four months and 12 years
old, receives £500 a month in state handouts and said the £600 of
fines left her facing financial ruin.
Fined: Marie Buchan, 31, from Selly Oak in Birmingham, claims £2,000
a month in benefits and has had a string of bus lane fines slashed
because she says she can't afford to pay them
+3

Fined: Marie Buchan, 31, from Selly Oak in Birmingham, claims £2,000
a month in benefits and has had a string of bus lane fines slashed
because she says she can't afford to pay them

She was caught by bus lane cameras in Birmingham city centre, which
have issued more than 80,000 fines since they were installed in
September - to the anger of thousands of motorists ordered to pay the
£60 sums.
Having appealed on both grounds of financial hardship and that, like
many who have complained, the bus lane signs are inadequate and easy
to miss, Birmingham City Council has withdrawn seven of Ms Buchan's
penalty notices, cutting £420 from her bill.

However, the council says she must still pay £180 after she was
penalised while taking Olivia to Birmingham Children’s Hospital and
received the 10 fine notices in the post more than a week later.

'I made a genuine mistake,' said Ms Buchan of Selley Oak.

'I was desperate to get to the hospital and had a screaming child in
the car. I was not aware there were bus lanes until the fines came
through the post.

So what?

She should have gone by bicycle (just to make this post relevant to
uk.rec.cycling).

staying on topic is good and holy

are people on bicycles allowed in bus lanes?
is that so's the government can kill them rather than
the private sector?


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Brian 'Jimdith is scared of me' Robertson wrote:

This post is by Judith, our resident troll.

this time I think you are incorrect

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"Let It Be" wrote:

Anthony

Aha, Judith in disguise!


I'm not so sure

On 6/2/14 09:05, Nomen Nescio wrote:
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"Let It Be" wrote:

Anthony

Aha, Judith in disguise!


I'm not so sure


It's quite uncharacteristic of Judith. I don't believe it is her.

Far more likely to be a chap called "Wm".

"Nomen Nescio" wrote in message
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"Let It Be" wrote:

Anthony

Aha, Judith in disguise!


I'm not so sure