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.

01:20So 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.

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