REFERRING to the continuing saga of traffic restrictions on Coppergate, is it a bus lane or not?

The Press reports (most recently on April 27) that the national traffic tribunal’s chief adjudicator, Caroline Sheppard, has ruled: “Coppergate was a legitimate bus lane, and that the council was entitled to enforce the rules, but said problems including the inadequate signs meant the fines were unenforceable.”

If as stated by the adjudicator, Coppergate was a legitimate bus lane and the council were entitled to enforce the rules, how can she then state that the fines were unenforceable? That is double-speak. Maybe the tribunal should give specific instructions to councils as to where to place traffic signs.

I wonder how many times since the late 1970s (when the Coppergate bus lane was introduced) has Caroline Sheppard actually visitor York and Coppergate in particular?

Surely one of the responsibilities of a motorist is to observe road signs and obey the instructions that are given on them, and to plan their journey accordingly and not to complain years later for contravening traffic laws.

Howard Perry, St James Place, Dringhouses, York.