Driver ticketed for using bus lane after failing driving test for same reason

A red-painted bus zone at the intersection of West Broadway and Cambie Street. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)

A Vancouver driver was given an expensive reminder to refrain from driving in bus lanes.

On Wednesday evening, Vancouver Police Department (VPD) Traffic Sergeant Mark Christensen tweeted about a vehicle that was pulled over for driving in a bus lane.

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Upon inspecting the person’s license, police found that the driver didn’t have an ‘L’ properly displayed and didn’t have a supervisor in the vehicle either.

Christensen says the driver told the “officer she was coming from failing a driving test and provided documentation.”

“Reason for failing: driving in bus lane!” he writes.

Vehicle stopped for driving in bus lane and driver produced a learners licence.

– no supervisor
– no L displayed

Told officer she was coming from failing driving test and provided documentation.

Reason for failing: driving in bus lane!

🤦🤦🤦@VancouverPD @VPDTrafficUnit pic.twitter.com/UT3Ox2NTop

— Sgt Mark Christensen (@baldguy1363) December 10, 2020

As a result, the driver received a violation ticket totalling $327, which includes individual fines for driving in a bus lane, failing to display an ‘L’, and driving without a supervisor.