Bus driver late for his tea?

[BentMikey]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbgk0ut38v8

 

[gaz]

Easy to say that when your not there, but having a bus do this to you is not right

 

[hackbike 666]

Easy to say that when your not there, but having a bus do this to you is not right

I normally have them dive in at the nearest bus stop.Had a go at a bendy bus driver the other week as he cut in and after that he was as good as gold.

Must be crap driving those things though.

 

[gaz]

I normally have them dive in at the nearest bus stop.Had a go at a bendy bus driver the other week as he cut in and after that he was as good as gold.

Must be crap driving those things though.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI8Pon_bUaM
bendy's are the worst. not always their fault as the design isn't the best idea on busy london streets.

 

[BentMikey]

I think you are being a tad harsh and it looks a lot worse then it actually is. Moving off at slow speed you knew he was there as he did you. I wouldn't say he forced you out the way.

Oh come on. He doesn't indicate, and simply changes from his offside lane into my lane pushing me out the way, despite him obviously knowing I was there next to him. Explain how he would still pass his PCV if he did that during his test.

 

[hackbike 666]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI8Pon_bUaM
bendy's are the worst. not always their fault as the design isn't the best idea on busy london streets.

Aye just like that but as you say not really their fault so I try and have a bit of sympathy even if I am irritated at times.

 

[stemaka]

I can sympathise with with the guy on the bike.I am a bus driver and also a cyclist.I know for a fact that most bus drivers hate cyclists.I'm definatly the exception,i give cyclists plenty of space and most of all time and patience as i know only too well what it's like out there on the bike.

 

[BentMikey]

I can sympathise with with the guy on the bike.I am a bus driver and also a cyclist.I know for a fact that most bus drivers hate cyclists.I'm definatly the exception,i give cyclists plenty of space and most of all time and patience as i know only too well what it's like out there on the bike.

To be fair, almost all the bus drivers on my route are really excellent. I'm highly appreciative of the good driving I see on every commute. This guy is by far the exception to the norm. The rest are so good that I've taken choco and letters of thanks in the past. Mind you the first time I did that, the manager was floored.

 

[hackbike 666]

Mind you the first time I did that, the manager was floored.

Did you knock him over?

That's very naughty.
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[BentMikey]

I didn't need to change my line because I chose to brake instead, or rather to not accelerate as I would normally. If I'd ridden as I normally would, I would have been in front of his rear wheels.

 

[addictfreak]

I get this kind of overtake quite regularly, I think a lot of drivers just dont appreciate how fast a cyclist can be travelling, that combined with not checking mirrors properly and impatience causes them to pull back into the left before they should.
Just another reason you need your wits about you at all times