Was this bus driver bad?

[tdr1nka]

A friend of mine, also a cyclist, managed on his road test to crash a single decker backwards into park railings and they had to get the fire brigade to cut the bus free! Surprisingly, he didn't pass.

T x

 

[nethalus]

A friend of mine, also a cyclist, managed on his road test to crash a single decker backwards into park railings and they had to get the fire brigade to cut the bus free! Surprisingly, he didn't pass.

T x

What happened to me is that the rival bus had a parked car on his side of the road. Being a naive newbie I foolishly expected him to hang back and obey that bit in the highway code that state that the onus to give way is on the person with the obstruction on their side of the road. I had no where to go so moved over towards the kerb as far as I could to make room. Unfortunately I didn't check my nearside rear and the back wheel mounted the kerb, where there was some railings. I heard this tooth jarring scraping sound so stopped. I looked out and saw that one section of the bus' skirt panel had been ragged on the railings and peeled back like a sardine can lid. It was my first week out alone and I was nearly crapping myself!!

 

[Brock]

You're OK, Nethalus. I'm just tired of the ranting and I can't be bothered to read all the intolerant crap that's been posted.

ADMIN! ADMIN!!....Mikey can't be bothered to read this thread, please lock it at once!!
Sheesh, talk about intolerance do you?

 

[BentMikey]

So you like to say, but it's more because there's so much nastiness and so little productive comment here.

 

[tdr1nka]

To be fair Brock there has been a staggering amount of unnecessary and petty verbiage on this thread, no doubt some from myself I'll wager.

Cab in particular has displayed the most lengthy, disturbingly emphatic and unreasonable rants I've seen on a message board to date.

I don't blame Mikey for not wanting to read all the 'going round in circles', pointless and judgemental postings that have made up the bulk of this thread.

T x

 

[mickle]

Impressive! Cab has shown that its possible to flog a dead horse from atop a high horse.

 

[tdr1nka]

"I looked out and saw that one section of the bus' skirt panel had been ragged on the railings and peeled back like a sardine can lid. It was my first week out alone and I was nearly crapping myself!!" Nethalus.

OUCH! And well you might cak yourself!
Bet you're glad then you didn't get given the new single decker Mercedes 'Bendy Busses', the first fleet in London had a really stupid but potentially leathal fuel line problem causing the bus to suddenly burst into flames, thankfully no one was hurt. I think they lost 3 busses in the end because of this fault.
Quite by chance I saw one being transported on a low loader and there was nearly nothing left but the chassis, nothing more sad than a dead bus.

T x

 

[tdr1nka]

Come now Mickle,

Have you not been following?

Cab regally sits atop a kneeling pony on the back of an earwig from which point of vantage he spits on bus drivers.

Pay attention

T x

 

[mickle]

Come now Mickle,

Have you not been following?

Cab regally sits atop a kneeling pony on the back of an earwig from which point of vantage he spits on bus drivers.

Pay attention

T x

Is the pony dead or what?

 

[tdr1nka]

How on earth do you expect Cab to get dead pony to kneel on the back of an earwig in order to spit on bus drivers?

You silly man.

T x

 

[mickle]

How on earth do you expect Cab to get dead pony to kneel on the back of an earwig in order to spit on bus drivers?

You silly man.

T x

Sorry. I dread to ask now but where is the giraffe in high heels in this scenario?

 

[Cab]

And Cab is saying I don't know nowt about driving and road saftey!!!

You don't. You believe its okay to pull out in to road space occupied by a bicycle, a manoevre that is illegal and dangerous.

You've had ample opportunity to address that point directly, you've failed to do so.

Really, get off the roads, because if thats your attitude you are a menace.

 

[Cab]

Cab in particular has displayed the most lengthy, disturbingly emphatic and unreasonable rants I've seen on a message board to date.

Really, thats just drivel; I've demolished the position put forward by Nethalus and neither she nor anyone else has put forward any meaningful defense of it. If you don't like that then post something constructive in response, stop complaining about the content of a well reasoned argument and give reasons for disagreeing.

 

[mickle]

He ave got sum staminer mind inee?

 

[Cab]

Go on then, someone, anyone, make a case for pulling out into the space a bike is in/is imminently about to enter from a legal road position. Make a case where the person pulling out into that space is correct to do so. Or make a case that where the person pulling out, on realising their error, continues to do so and then gives the cyclist a hard time over it. Make a case for that person not having made a mistake. Make a case for that person, on reflection, not accepting that they were in error.