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A DRIVER was fined £70 for pulling into a bus lane to let an ambulance pass.
Mark Richards received the penalty after making way for the emergency vehicle in Cardiff last month.
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CCTV footage captures the moment Mark leaves the road - just before the ambulance speeds past with its blue lights flashing.
Once the ambulance has passed, Mark returns to the correct lane.
He told Wales Online: "I was driving to town and an ambulance was behind me.
"The car behind me pulled over in the bus lane and I followed straight away as the ambulance wouldn't be able to pass.
"Otherwise both of us would have blocked both lanes.
"As soon as the ambulance went past I pulled back out.
"It's ridiculous. In the still photo they provided you can't see the ambulance.
"I pulled in then two or three seconds later the ambulance goes past. It was going quite fast."
The footage was filmed on Cardiff's North Road on October 18.
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Mark added: "All they had to do was look at the footage.
"When an ambulance is on a call every second counts."
He said he paid the fine the same day he received the penalty letter - unaware at that point that he was able to view full footage from the incident.
A spokesman for Cardiff Council said motorists are able to appeal a penalty but cannot appeal once a fine has been paid.
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