The people of Walsall express their thoughts on bus lane fines.
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00:00What do you think of the bus gates then? Do you reckon that they need to keep them, reduce them?
00:03Keep them, yeah, because they're for buses, so therefore they should be for buses.
00:07Yeah, do you reckon people should just be more aware when they're...?
00:09Yeah, they should, yeah.
00:11Because it does say on the bus lane, don't it, buses only?
00:13Yeah, of course, yeah, of course.
00:14So therefore, it's there for.
00:16I mean, were you shocked to see that 12,000 people got caught out?
00:20Yeah, really, yeah, that's a lot, really.
00:22It's a lot, isn't it? It's an awful lot. Do you reckon it needs to be, like,
00:24sort of better signage, maybe?
00:26Yeah, I suppose they could do...
00:28Yeah, really, because it's on the floor,
00:30and if you're driving, I suppose, and you can't see it,
00:33so if you're doing better signage, you probably would, yeah.
00:35Better signage, make it fair, if they get caught out, it's their fault.
00:38Yeah.
00:39Yeah, fair enough.
00:40Yes, that's for sure. What do you think about the...
00:41Were you shocked at the figures, 12,000?
00:43I'm not shocked.
00:44Not shocked?
00:45Yeah, they should be fine, if they're breaking the law.
00:49Yeah, of course, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
00:50Do you reckon that there should be more signage to show that...
00:53Do you reckon there should be more signage?
00:54A bit more signage, make it a bit fairer.
00:56Fairer for the people, yes, yes, yes.
00:58Do you reckon that they need to put more bus gates into place?
01:02No, no.
01:03Just keep it the same amount?
01:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:05That's a fair comment, yeah?
01:06That's perfect, thank you very much.
01:08In Walsall, they're very open with it,
01:11but as soon as you get to Wolverhampton,
01:14you can't use the bus lane, and it can't catch you out.
01:16Yeah, so you think Wolverhampton's a bit worse than Walsall, really?
01:19Definitely, yeah.
01:19Definitely, yeah.
01:20So what do you think about the one in Walsall,
01:21because 12,000's a pretty high figure?
01:23I mean, do you reckon...
01:24You can be looking at what you're doing, can you?
01:25If you look where you're going, you should be all right.
01:28I mean, I don't think there's that many in Walsall, really, is there?
01:32I mean, there's a few, but...
01:33Blockswich is the worst.
01:35Yeah, Blockswich's the worst, yeah.
01:36If you turn out of Field Road and turn right,
01:40if you're not looking where you're going,
01:41straight into the bus lane, outside of the times.
01:45Yeah.
01:45So what do you think?
01:46Do you reckon they should do more to follow?
01:47Do you reckon Walsall should crack down more,
01:50or do you reckon it's just okay the way it is?
01:51No, I think they should get rid of the bus lanes.
01:53You reckon they should get rid of them?
01:54Yeah, and they should stop the...
01:56They should open some of the side streets.
01:58All they've done is shove all the traffic onto the main roads
02:01and you're in a jam then.
02:02Yeah.
02:03So you're causing more pollution.
02:05Yeah.
02:05Well, do you reckon it's scaring people away from the town centre?
02:08Parking's...
02:09Parking.
02:10Parking is doing that.
02:11Yeah.
02:11People are making...
02:13If you get a merry-go-round, you park anywhere.
02:15Yeah, yeah.
02:15And it's always full.
02:16Yeah.