I ADD my voice to the professionals calling for Glasgow City Council to do more to better inform the driving public about traffic restrictions, be they new or old, otherwise the accusation that bus lanes/gates are all about raising money, will stick.
That there is such an information need is abundantly clear from your report on the increased revenues in fines mainly arising from drivers entering the bus gate at Mandela Place ("Bus gate boosts council funds by £700,000 in year", The Herald, May 4). We are told that the council "'was forced to improve the bus gate signage amid complaints from motorists that they had been unable to spot the road markings in time to avoid it". Why was the initial signage not good enough?
The council should spend some of the money earned in fines, on improving communication on this matters.
Ben Torsney,
30 Lawrence Street, Glasgow.
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