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With-flow bus and cycle lane
A with-flow bus and cycle lane is a bus lane, running in your direction, that pedal cycles (and often taxis) may share during its hours - cars stay out.
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What it means
It works exactly like a with-flow bus lane, but the sign makes clear cycles are included, so drivers give room to bikes filtering along it. The permitted vehicles and the hours are on the plate; only they may use the lane while it's in force.
There isn't one official diagram covering every bus-and-cycle-lane layout, so this page gives the rule in words. On the road, look for the solid white line, the 'BUS LANE' legend and the plate.
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Where you'll see it
Commuter routes where cycling is common, widespread across London.
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On your driving test
Treat it like any bus lane on test - don't drive in it during its hours - and give plenty of room to cyclists using it, in line with the hierarchy of road users.
Fines and penalties
Same as a bus lane: driving in it during its hours is a bus-lane contravention, in London typically £160, halved if paid early. No licence points.
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Quick answers
Is a bus and cycle lane different from a normal bus lane?
The rule for you is the same - stay out during its hours. The only difference is that cyclists are expressly sharing it, so give them room where the lane is open to you outside its hours.
Rules and meanings from the Highway Code (gov.uk).
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