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Old November 27th 12, 09:48 AM posted to uk.transport.buses,uk.transport.london
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Default Drivers telling passengers to use the emergency buttons...


"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 21:46:26 on Mon, 26 Nov
2012, Graeme Wall remarked:
As I'm only stopping to let someone out, by the time I've seen the bus
coming I'll have dumped the passenger off and be beating a retreat.

mode="stirring it"

If you let a passenger out where you shouldn't be stopped, would you
be insured?

/mode

I would be, because there's no actual prohibition on me stopping.


There would be if the bus stop was in a bus lane, a situation I see
practically every day.


But I wouldn't be stopped there, because that's prohibited (rather than
advised against).

And in any case, we don't see normal car drivers having insurance claims
turned down for minor infringements (eg getting scraped while parked part
on the pavement or too close to a junction) so I don't think the insurance
companies worry about that kind of thing.


We won't worry about that. YOU might, in the event of a claim, when the
other party proves an accident occurs because you disoveyed the HC. For a
start: the other party will successfully reclaim Uninsured Losses from your
ins co. YOU can say Goodbye to your NCB (or one "life" on it if you have
protected NCB). Also increase in premium next time round.