Furious drivers hit by rapid-fire tickets after being bamboozled by Birmingham’s bus lane layout will have their fines reviewed and possibly part-refunded.
Hundreds of motorists have been hit by £30 fines - increased to £60 if not paid in £14 days - after the city centre bus lanes and ten cameras were set-up.
Motorist say signs warning of the changes are not clear enough.
Many have complained after receiving tickets only minutes apart on the same stretch - because they have passed two or more cameras before being able to exit.
Now the council has agreed in such cases they will consider cutting the extra fines - leaving the motorist with a single penalty.
Noreen Khadim highlighted the problem on the Birmingham Mail’s facebook page: “I’ve managed to get four tickets through the post for driving on the same stretch of road, Priory Queensway, from 07.41 to 07.44.
“Admittedly, my fault as I didn’t see the signs.
“But four in the space of three minutes, that’s ridiculous.”
Another reader, Lee Kelly, posted: “My wife had three tickets on the same road in the space of 15 minutes, She’s never had a ticket before. It was very poorly sign-posted with no warnings.
“It’s just a rip off.”
But the council has pledged it would reconsider some tickets.
A spokeswoman said: “Where there have been multiple penalty charges for the same stretch of bus lane or where people could not reasonably exit the bus lane before getting the second fine, we are willing to reconsider those tickets.
“That would only be reasonable.”
But she added the council is standing by the bus lane enforcement policy and is adamant signage is clear and correct.
The Birmingham Post and Mail has been inundated by drivers complaining about ‘unfair’ ticketing.
On Saturday mum Sue Hall revealed she amassed seven tickets in eight days while ferrying her nine-year-old daughter to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
And taxi driver Toheed Mirza got £540 worth of fines after receiving nine tickets in a week.
They arrived in the post over two-days - more than a week after the first offence.
Taxi drivers groups and former councillor Ayoub Khan have accused the council of entrapment.
