In Ireland the bus lanes double as bike lanes, but that hasn't stopped the huge number of drivers featured in these latest reports.
New figures on road traffic law enforcement in Belfast have revealed that one motorist was fined 91 times for driving in the city’s bus lanes during a period of just 10 months.
While the lanes are for buses, they double as taxi and cycle lanes; as is the case on both sides of the border in Ireland.
The driver caught 91 times ran up fines of £4,000 in the period, with more than 40,000 motorists caught driving in bus lanes since new restrictions were introduced to Belfast 10 months ago.
Another motorist was caught 42 times and the third most prolific motorist was caught driving in bus lanes 36 times.
The new figures have been obtained by The Belfast Telegraph which has published the details this morning, Thursday.
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Fines to the total value of £1.5 million have been imposed since the new rules began, with 42,055 motorists penalised.
And in one street alone in Belfast – Donegall Square East – so many drivers have been caught that it accounts for £631,878 of all fines, very close to half the total for the whole city, which has 32 bus lanes.
A total of 16,677 fines have been imposed for infringements on Donegall Square East, with Castle St witnessing the next greatest level of offending – 16,677 detections and £631,878 in fines imposed.
Some 147 vehicles were caught in bus lanes more than five times, 44 vehicles were detected more than 10 times and 31 vehicles were found driving in bus lanes more than 20 times.
All of the figures cover the period from June 22nd last year to May 3rd.
The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association described the figures as "astonishing".
"I have a real and genuine worry that it will be off-putting to people coming into Belfast," said spokesman Glyn Roberts.
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