Big Bus - small box

 

This is another decision which Mr Mustard found at random. It has some interesting points to note.

 Here is an aerial view of the location.

The bus has a problem in clearing the junction as from the driver's seat it is a long way to the back of the bus to be certain you have cleared the box. The benefit of the doubt should be given to the bus driver in any event and also if it isn't certain that the bus actually stopped, an enforcement authority must have a 'belief' that they did so, there should be no doubt.

The problem for the bus driver is that the bus is almost three cars long so whilst the driver patiently waits in lane 1 for a three car length space to appear, any car in lane 2 can perfectly properly change from lane 2 to lane 1 and keep 'taking' the bus's space. Given that this is in Piccadilly, the bus could be there for ages.

The adjudicator has succinctly expressed the problems with the City of Westminster's case. He could also have added, but didn't need to, that the box extends beyond the confines of the junction on both sides, so if you have passed a line drawn across Piccadilly from the kerb line in Bolton Street and you have stopped after that you have not stopped within the junction which is the point of the box. It should not have been painted this way.

The end.