It amazed me how many people read one or two replies and jump to conclusions when a simple read through the thread would prevent you looking like such an ignorant idiot.
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Almost hit by a bus this morning
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It amazed me how many people read one or two replies and jump to conclusions when a simple read through the thread would prevent you looking like such an ignorant idiot.
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I think my summary is spot on.
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Standing in front of the bus was a really dumb move. Can't stand when people people bang on the doors or shout at the driver, or when people on the trains hold the doors open.
The driver has to stick to schedule as much as possible, and he has to draw the line somewhere on when he closes the doors and moves on. What if there was someone else behind you, should he wait for them too? And what if there was someone behind them? If he keeps waiting for every person to run and get on the bus he would never leave the stop.
The driver has to stick to schedule as much as possible, and he has to draw the line somewhere on when he closes the doors and moves on. What if there was someone else behind you, should he wait for them too? And what if there was someone behind them? If he keeps waiting for every person to run and get on the bus he would never leave the stop.
I can't believe there is no "I had a madman trying to throw himself under my bus this morning" thread yet! for shame GD 
OP while I understand your frustrations, life is too short. I have to remind myself of this on my drive to work every morning
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OP while I understand your frustrations, life is too short. I have to remind myself of this on my drive to work every morning
Ommmmmmmm
A fee seconds per bus stop soon and up over the corse of a mornings work, we in the southwest are allocated a 3 second time span per customer no average loading of two customers per stop. On average I have 30 bus stops between Bath and Bristol an journey time of 55mins without traffic. In that 55minutes I will see on average 90 passengers. It dosent take long for your time to run away from you.
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so the bus started moving only to find you in the way, the fact it had started moving indicates that it had left the stop and the driver, instead of running you over, was waiting until the road was clear before going further
While I sympathise with you, I can also see the perspective of the driver. If he waited for every slightly late passenger who happened to be running across the road, he would be waiting all day. They have to make a choice as to when to close the door and not let anybody else on, even if it looks like it's just them being awkward to you. Although I do suspect he was possibly reckless in regards to driving off with you still in the road.
No, the bus started moving because he saw me. As I've said numerous times, his doors were still open, standing stationary. He saw me, waited for the last passenger to get on, and quickly shut his doors and floored it, well aware that he was being a dick. This wasn't someone in a hurry because he was running late, this wasn't someone trying to stick to a timetable, this was someone just being a dick, plain and simple.
I don't bang on buses either, I'm not some 3rd world degenerate (most of the time), if I miss a bus I miss a bus, I simply wait for the next one. I catch buses to at least twice a day on weekdays and have for the last ten years. I'm more than familiar with the way things work, today's experience was a completely different scene however.
I don't bang on buses either, I'm not some 3rd world degenerate (most of the time), if I miss a bus I miss a bus, I simply wait for the next one. I catch buses to at least twice a day on weekdays and have for the last ten years. I'm more than familiar with the way things work, today's experience was a completely different scene however.
Well no, you run into the path of buses.
He was standing still when he saw me. He floored it. I waved at him and moved towards him to make sure he saw me. At this point he was barely moving but still accelerating. He, whilst still looking at me, swerved across two lanes (he wasn't on the actual "road" when I tried to flag him down, he was still in one of those bus stop recess things).
His attitude when I caught him was what sold it to me. Had he simply explained why he did what he did that would've been it, after all it cost me maybe two minutes to my journey, but his very obvious "don't give a ****" attitude and the way he pulled out again was what pushed me over the edge.
At the end of the day it's easy for everyone to judge based on what I've said, maybe I've described it poorly, but it happened and I was there. I'm not an idiot, I don't go running in front of moving buses or flagging buses in motion down, if I thought what I did was dangerous or in any way hindered traffic I wouldn't have done it, but I didn't so I did.
Simple really.
His attitude when I caught him was what sold it to me. Had he simply explained why he did what he did that would've been it, after all it cost me maybe two minutes to my journey, but his very obvious "don't give a ****" attitude and the way he pulled out again was what pushed me over the edge.
At the end of the day it's easy for everyone to judge based on what I've said, maybe I've described it poorly, but it happened and I was there. I'm not an idiot, I don't go running in front of moving buses or flagging buses in motion down, if I thought what I did was dangerous or in any way hindered traffic I wouldn't have done it, but I didn't so I did.
Simple really.
to be fair a buss flooring it from standstill is still going to be barely moving for some time.
Arriva drivers here in Darlington are mostly very good, they do pick people up who flag them down away from a bus stop. There is one guy though on a route I take who is an a complete ass wipe. Stroppy little tosspot he is. Good and bad where ever you go though.
Yep. Don't get me wrong I'm not tarnishing all with the same brush, we have some very pleasant drivers too but that goes for everywhere I suppose.
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