Stupid Drivers.
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We share the road with these people. Out for a bike ride today. Eastbound in Geeat Western Rd Glasgow just past Gartnavel where the clearly signed part time bus lanes are. This was 1pm, nowhere near the operational times for the bus lane. Huge queue in offside lane. No queue in bus lane.
And I went up to the lights for the next sequence. At least two thirds were going straight ahead and could have avoided the queue if they could read.
And I went up to the lights for the next sequence. At least two thirds were going straight ahead and could have avoided the queue if they could read.
Compare these 2 scenarios.
Extra time spent while in the line = X minutes.
Time spent fighting the council because their clock is out = Y minutes.
Cost in just paying the fine because it is the easiest way out = £ pounds.
Time and frustration when when someone in the line decides to nip into the bus lane to block you off because they think you cannot be in there = Z blood pressures.
Cost of you driving up the bus lane, and someone dives across into the bus lane to stop you going faster then them innit, and not giving you enough space to evade / stop = crash...
Time spent if you do go down the bus lane and a bus is infront of you and someone hops on, buys a weekly ticket, pays for it in 1and 2 p coins, and no-one in the line lets you into the lane to overtake said bus. = Y minutes.
Extra time spent while in the line = X minutes.
Time spent fighting the council because their clock is out = Y minutes.
Cost in just paying the fine because it is the easiest way out = £ pounds.
Time and frustration when when someone in the line decides to nip into the bus lane to block you off because they think you cannot be in there = Z blood pressures.
Cost of you driving up the bus lane, and someone dives across into the bus lane to stop you going faster then them innit, and not giving you enough space to evade / stop = crash...
Time spent if you do go down the bus lane and a bus is infront of you and someone hops on, buys a weekly ticket, pays for it in 1and 2 p coins, and no-one in the line lets you into the lane to overtake said bus. = Y minutes.
Peanut Gallery said:
Compare these 2 scenarios.
Extra time spent while in the line = X minutes.
Time spent fighting the council because their clock is out = Y minutes.
Cost in just paying the fine because it is the easiest way out = £ pounds.
Time and frustration when when someone in the line decides to nip into the bus lane to block you off because they think you cannot be in there = Z blood pressures.
Cost of you driving up the bus lane, and someone dives across into the bus lane to stop you going faster then them innit, and not giving you enough space to evade / stop = crash...
Time spent if you do go down the bus lane and a bus is infront of you and someone hops on, buys a weekly ticket, pays for it in 1and 2 p coins, and no-one in the line lets you into the lane to overtake said bus. = Y minutes.
Well I have been driving in the part time bus lanes for years without a wrongful fine. Extra time spent while in the line = X minutes.
Time spent fighting the council because their clock is out = Y minutes.
Cost in just paying the fine because it is the easiest way out = £ pounds.
Time and frustration when when someone in the line decides to nip into the bus lane to block you off because they think you cannot be in there = Z blood pressures.
Cost of you driving up the bus lane, and someone dives across into the bus lane to stop you going faster then them innit, and not giving you enough space to evade / stop = crash...
Time spent if you do go down the bus lane and a bus is infront of you and someone hops on, buys a weekly ticket, pays for it in 1and 2 p coins, and no-one in the line lets you into the lane to overtake said bus. = Y minutes.
The presence of buses is a factor in lane choice. Easy to avoid them.
Diving out in front of me because I shouldn't be there? Hasn't happened. Maybe it's an advantage of driving a Skoda. I'm past them before they realise I'm not a private hire car.
Any theoretical disadvantages are far outweighed by the lowered blood pressure from driving past the sheeple who queue for fun.
Edited by irc on Thursday 11th November 17:21
Same here in Edinburgh where the majority of bus lanes are only active at peak times morning and evening.
But I'm more than happy for these numpties to continue following each other lemming like in lane two, leaving lane one virtually empty for me. I've had a couple of experiences of a road captain moving to block me in lane one but have managed to squeeze past, much to their anger and frustration.
David.
But I'm more than happy for these numpties to continue following each other lemming like in lane two, leaving lane one virtually empty for me. I've had a couple of experiences of a road captain moving to block me in lane one but have managed to squeeze past, much to their anger and frustration.
David.
As a very occasional visitor to Edinburgh, Glasgow and now Aberdeen I avoid bus lanes like the plague.
The signs (in Edinburgh at least) are too small to read on the move and I'm sure my fellow road users would be a tad unhappy if I stopped and got out to read it.
My first visit to Aberdeen in April scored me a £30 fine
The signs (in Edinburgh at least) are too small to read on the move and I'm sure my fellow road users would be a tad unhappy if I stopped and got out to read it.
My first visit to Aberdeen in April scored me a £30 fine
This is endemic in Edinburgh; I don't have an issue with people who want to sit in a long queue of traffic when there is an empty and usable lane next to them, but don't get annoyed when I do!
I was recently travelling past the new Portobello High School where there is a short section of bus lane, which ends with the right hand lane merging into one just before a pedestrian crossing; some idiot obviously took exception to me using the inside lane, so he sped up and then decided to aggressively merge right in front on me. People are odd.
I was recently travelling past the new Portobello High School where there is a short section of bus lane, which ends with the right hand lane merging into one just before a pedestrian crossing; some idiot obviously took exception to me using the inside lane, so he sped up and then decided to aggressively merge right in front on me. People are odd.
Just a hypothetical question but if one was driving along a temporary bus lane outwith operating hours, and someone moved to obstruct your progress then have they committed any sort of road traffic offence? Something like obstructing a public road, driving without due care and attention, possibly dangerous driving if they do so aggressively such that you had to brake sharply to avoid a collision? If so then if you had their manoeuvre on dashcam or helmet-cam then presumably you could report them to the police?
No reason for asking other than curiosity, just occurred to me whilst reading this thread.
No reason for asking other than curiosity, just occurred to me whilst reading this thread.
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