Bollards!

In many of the major cities in the UK, in common with most major cities around the world, we have bus lanes to try to help our public transport move more efficiently through our ever more congested streets.

For many years, the busses have shared these lanes with other authorised vehicles, such as the Royal Mail, Taxis, and cyclists. However due to certain citizens sense of self importance, they are also abused by members of the general public. Many schemes have tried to prevent this use, as ultimately it ends up back where we started with public transport being held up.

We have had signs with "strong warnings", police and traffic officers issuing tickets, and even cameras designed to capture your picture and issue automatic tickets. Manchester has now come up with a new, but it would seem not completely idiot proof scheme. They have captured some fools trying to avoid the issue on camera. I especially liked the young lady in the Silver Fiesta