Thread: Route 73 - no longer better from every angle
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Old May 22nd 05, 11:07 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Route 73 - no longer better from every angle
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(Neil Williams) wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2005 20:44 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

Also, with three doors you can't pass it on the nearside (preferred in
the above case because I'm turning left just after the stop) anything
like as easily as a Routemaster either.

A cyclist should *never* pass a bus of any kind at a stop on the
nearside. It is highly dangerous for both cyclist and any alighting
passengers, not to mention spectacular for any onlookers when the
inevitable does happen.

(Of course, if the bus is correctly pulled into the stop you wouldn't
be able to, but that is beside the point, and sometimes a bus can't
pull all the way in due to inconsiderately parked cars, for example).

It is of course easy to do with Routemasters as a cyclists can easily see
if people are getting on and off when they commence their manoeuvre and
have no potential conflict after that point. In sane places cyclists are
used to vehicles leaving space for them on the nearside everywhere, of
course.

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Colin Rosenstiel
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