MOTORISTS in Glasgow are forking out £11,000 a day in bus lane fines - more than three times the figure for Edinburgh and Aberdeen combined.

Between April, 2012, and July this year, 174,448 penalty notices - an average of 397 a day - were issued to motorists caught driving in bus lanes in the city.

The fines have generated an income of £11,075 a day for Glasgow City Council - more than three times the total average daily revenues of both Edinburgh and Aberdeen, even though both have roughly the same number of cameras in similar city centre locations.

The punishment for driving in a bus lane in Glasgow is a £60 fine, reduced to £30 if paid within 14 days.

Glasgow has 11 cameras which capture number plate information.

Between April 2012, when the system was launched, and July this year, motorists in the city paid £4,862,129 in bus lane fines.

Neil Greig, director of policy at the Institute of Advanced Motoring, said: "You shouldn't be seeing 400 fines a day at this stage.

"Something is wrong if that's happening. The signposting is wrong, or it's confusing, as people should have learned by now.

"It should not be seen by Glasgow as a good way of making money.

"The road markings in Glasgow are often very poor and if they're making this much money from fines they've got no excuse not to fix it."

A Glasgow City Council spokesman said that there had been a "sustained drop" in offences this year and that most drivers abide by the law and will never receive a penalty notice.

He added: "For those who do abuse bus lanes, camera enforcement should act as a deterrent."

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