Bus drivers do they read the highway code?

will3

THis morning while I was approaching a toucan crossing, there were a coulpa bike riding over it. Meanwhile a bus driver (who had, incidentally failed to stop before the stop line) was giving them an earful about how the are supposed to get off and push.

What a tit.
I mean giving someone an earfull about their driving/cycling/pedestrianing is bad enough, but gettting it wrong............

Grrrrrrr :roll:

snooks

Well I don't think the lady bus driver who overtook me (or should I say cut me up) on a tight left hand corner, only to stop 50 meters down the road this morning could have read much of it either...

At least with the noisy grumble of a big diesel, coughing out fumes behind me, I knew what the silly cow was going to do, and slowed before the apex. Just as well I did, or she would have been even later.

Dunno what her problem was, I was doing 20 odd mph on the approach, and there are a set of lights 200m further down that she would be caught up in until I'm well over Richmond Bridge. Ho hum at least they paint them red!

Bikerbaboon

Bus drivers dont need to read the HWC as they are writing it while they are driving :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

always_tyred

It says you should take the following actions in order, right? "manoeuver-signal-finger" doesn't it? It must do, surely?

nwallace

10 Rules of bus driving

Rule 1 of bus driving
You must be a timing point A at time X
Timing point B at time Y
and Timing point C at time Z.

Rule 2
Leave a timing point early and the company looses their licence

Rule 3
Run late and the passengers will blame you for them being late at work

Rule 4
Wait at a timing point until your depature time and passengers complain for making them late for work

Rule 5
If you plugged your tacho module into the dash board, watch your speed (see lateness)

Rule 6
Right pedal is go

Rule 7
Left pedal is for bus stops

Rule 8
Your bigger and heavier than most other vehicles

Rule 9
The passengers charter (do not stand forward of this notice, do not leave luggage in the gangway, do not speak to the driver without good reason) does not apply to your mates

Rule 10
You have a PCV licence yeah?

always_tyred

Rule 11 Mirrors are for checking what you've just pulled out in front of.

DevUK

I had a bus decide to pull into my lane on the way home last night, comming from the opposite direction to pass some parked cars. He had the nerve to shout at me for making him stop. I had to weave past the front of the bus as he was blocking the lane.

There was no point in me stopping to let him past, as the parked cars stretched up the road so I would have had to pull right over to the curb. Anyway, I had right of way.

Parkey

Buses and lorries have right of weight.

saveswalking

Always Tyred wrote:

Rule 11 Mirrors are for checking what you've just pulled out in front of.

and Rule 12 - Indicators are to be used to 'indicate' what you have just done ... :roll:

sw

CarKiller

Correct thread title:

Anyone in a large, protective steel cage - do they read the highway code?

Mmmm.. likely.

Roubaix Rider

Cycling along Weymouth sea front, I passed a bus at a stop just as he pulled away.

I was ahead by 50 or so metres and started to get into the bus / cycle lane. Bus driver didn't realise and accelerated.

I accelerated as I had mad mother in a cage up my chuff.

Then something amazing happened. The bus slowed, let me in, then displayed "Sorry" on it's destination board.

I was impressed and thanked the driver. We all went on our merry way, had a wonderful day and lived happily ever after (well, you get the picture).

Anyhow, one thing concerned me afterwards; at what point did bus manufacturers or companies decide or admit that the drivers of said vehicles get into so many scrapes, that the facility of displaying "Sorry" needs to be a standard facility on a bus?!

Tip: Get cut up by a bus again? Catch up with them (not hard is it after all), hit the emergency stop at the back and bugger off into the distance...!

karl j

I was told a few weeks ago that it is illegal for a pedestrian to cross the road, except at a ped crossing.

And it was a Norwich bus driver told me that, so it must be true.

I have had cause to wonder at the merits of hitting the emergency cut out on the back a couple of times, but i reckon i'd get done for causing an obstruction or something similar.

downfader

That cant be right about the button thing, surely? :shock:

My bus story: three weeks ago I was in the left of two lanes moving up to the lights (on red) to join the queue of traffic. 10-12 foot to spare and a bus cut me up forcing me to brake hard. :x All he had to do was wait 5 seconds. The lights turned green and he moved off with me trailing behind, sure enough he pulls over to the stop on the left with no indication - I can see three people getting on and I'm in position to manouvre around safely and he pulled right out on me as I was 1/3rd up the side - again, no indicators on.

I shouted "atleast indicate so I know" and was ignored. Took down his particulars and reported it to First Group. Have not had a reply and really dont expect one.

On our busses they put "NEW HIGHWAY CODE: GIVE WAY TO BUSSES". I suppose this translates as "ME FIRST, REGARDLESS!" judging by their behaviour. Next bus that cuts me up like that I'm gonna go to the police and ask about reporting it. :?

nwallace

Roubaix Rider wrote:

Anyhow, one thing concerned me afterwards; at what point did bus manufacturers or companies decide or admit that the drivers of said vehicles get into so many scrapes, that the facility of displaying "Sorry" needs to be a standard facility on a bus?!

Most blinds have some way of informing passengers that a bus is not in service, usually "Sorry Not In Service"

phil_ss1

Hi,

I had stop whilst acutally on a small roundabout to "let" a bus from the left drive straight over the roundabout, he did not even look to the right at all, if I hadn't stopped he would have completely flattened me. :shock:

I was that shocked I didn't even think to follow him the next stop and jump on board. :evil:

This happened on my employer's site (very large with a DOT grade road network).

Of all the incidents "I" have 70% of them are on our site! - Buses, company lorries, WVM contractors (can get these banned off site very easily, usually for speeding) People on phones mainly, making that all important call before venturing onto the highway proper where phones are banned apparently :?

Phil
(enjoying a coffee after a doozer, sunny, +25mph commute in today )

cupofteacp

I had a bus in the outside lane put his indicator on and try and turn through me down a side road this morning.

He’d blocked the road so I had to stop and back up to let him through

They just expect everyone else to get out of the way

downfader

I was actually on a no5 bus heading into work yesterday (too tired to cycle - need to get me fitness back up) and as he was heading towards the Price of Wales pub he went through not one but TWO red lights :shock: Now someone might argue the light changed too quick, but the vehicles ahead in the lanes eitherside managed to stop about 5 seconds beforehand, yet he plundered through.

Not only that he pulled into a right hand lane on another road, narrowly missing someone and I heard them sound their horn for about 30 seconds in anger.

Hmm I wonder if he's killed anyone yet.. :roll: