Anyone know if Skylink (Notts) use CCTV?

Kieran_Burns
Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
edited November 2014 in Commuting chat
I ask because the rain precluded use of my helmet cam this morning and a Skylink bus overtook me here:

http://goo.gl/maps/IgK6y

and there were cars coming the other way (pretty much like in the photo)

He pulled in while still fully alongside of me and if I didn't have disk brakes I'd most likely not be typing this now (either in A&E or the morgue), I'm really not exaggerating. Everyone stopped (except the bus... he drove off flashing his f*cking lights in the 'thank you' alternating way) but unfortunately I was so shook up I didn't get any details from people and couldn't remember the bus number plate. It was like everyone was so shocked we all stood / sat there agape (no one got out.. just waited for me to do something I think)

I know what the time was, so I'll be able to identify them from that but unless there is some CCTV from the bus I'll have no evidence.
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2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter

Comments

  • pinarello_fan
    pinarello_fan Posts: 18
    Contact Trent Barton anyway. They will know who was where at what time, so at least you can register a complaint and hopefully the driver will be made aware
  • mw22
    mw22 Posts: 78
    Good luck... my first (and last) complaint to them, the reply back was an absolute joke.
    I had issue with one of them in Toton in the last couple of weeks... forced off the road onto a cycle path (aka pavement with lines on... it aint suitable for bikes) and the bus driver went passed clapping .... which obviously requires both hands off the wheel to acheive.

    I wonder if they have different deadlines what with running to the airport. They certainly always appear to be in more of a rush than any other bus type.
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  • patrickf
    patrickf Posts: 536
    I contacted Trent Barton recently over Facebook chat and got a great response. Didn't realise they operated the Skylink service.
  • CRAIGO5000
    CRAIGO5000 Posts: 697
    That sounds nasty. Good luck with the complaint but I think you'll just end up even more stressed.
    I've found it's much better to politely get hold of the offender. Instant resolve, no hassle for the already hard-up police and when it's over - it's over. No more stress to anyone involved.

    Good luck.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Had an encouraging reply from them, forwarded to the Ops Manager as a formal complaint
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • Only a Ginger
    Only a Ginger Posts: 64
    They definitely do have CCTV on all Trent Barton buses.

    I absolutely despise them, they're liars!

    One of there buses cut me up massively, pulling into a bus stop beside me, formal complaint made, a reply took ages to come back after the ops manager (Mark Hornby if memory serves) apparently viewed the CCTV.

    Funnily, they'd got rid of the CCTV by the time they replied and I requested a copy...

    They do, on most of there routes offer a "no quibble money back guarantee". Oh they quibble.

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