how annoying are bus drivers

Are you overtaking them at 1mph?

I know its annoying, but dont forget its a blind spot for them, they might not know your overtaking until your right up against them
 
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koooowweeee said:
whats the high way code got to do with anything???

if your overtaking them while there STOPPED! and you have nearly got passed them and they set off how is that not annoying????? can you drive?
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MiNxYyY said:
Are you overtaking them at 1mph?

I know its annoying, but dont forget its a blind spot for them, they might not know your overtaking until your right up against them
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Castiel said:
Read the highway-code mate, Rule 223.

223:

Buses, coaches and trams. Give priority to these vehicles when you can do so safely, especially when they signal to pull away from stops. Look out for people getting off a bus or tram and crossing the road.
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tbh
 
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Most of the time we can't see you until right at the last minute as your average car driver drives right up behind the bus, in the massive blind spot, before swinging out at the last minute to overtake.

If a car positions itself early in an attempt to let me know it's there, and therefore is intending to overtake that's no problem at all, come round me and I'll happily sit on the footbrake until you've completed the maneouvre.
 
I've never had a problem with buses in London. If they're signalling to pull out, I give them way. I rarely overtake buses when they're signalling to pull out (only when the road's clear and I'm driving too fast) and they stay put and let me pass (thanks lol).

The next bus stop is usually only a minute away where I'll have another opportunity to overtake them.
 
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koooowweeee said:
whats the high way code got to do with anything???

if your overtaking them while there STOPPED! and you have nearly got passed them and they set off how is that not annoying????? can you drive?
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Can you, if you have already begun an overtaking maneuvre in a Car then there is not a bus around that could pull away with enough speed to cause you any obstruction or hazard.

You obviously have 'beat the bus' syndrome, I would guess that you have seen the bus begin to indicate to pull out of a stop and have accelerated to overtake or ignored the fact that the bus is already moving, ignoring the highway code and driving without due care and attention.


And yes I can drive....B,C1, C, C+E, D1, D and D+E. I hold a CPC qualification. Do you?
 
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Castiel said:
You obviously have 'beat the bus' syndrome, I would guess that you have seen the bus begin to indicate to pull out of a stop and have accelerated to overtake or ignored the fact that the bus is already moving, ignoring the highway code and driving without due care and attention.
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Being bus-bound as I am, this gets on my nerves. It's not uncommon to see the doors close and the driver look to pull out only to have another three or four cars begin their overtake maneuvre in quick succession. You know the bus driver has to be indicating, because eventhually one of them stops, and nobody does that unless the indicators are on (rightly so).
 
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