On Dec 4, 3:11*pm, David Hansen
wrote:
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 06:50:32 -0800 (PST) someone who may be
wrote this:-

I dont know if it is related to the economic situation but recently I
have found that a lot more buses are waiting time at bus stops. *Is
this strictly speaking legal.

Yes.

Actually, the answer could well be NO. It depends on the wording in
the traffic order, assuming that there is an order in force and that
there are yellow or red lines on the road at that point. Some, but not
all, traffic orders state that a bus can stop to pick up or set down
passengers at a stop, but there could well be no provision to wait at
that point beyond doing so. Also, if there is no reference to a bus
stop in the order, then a bus has no more right than any other vehicle
to wait on a restricted stretch of road. I've known over-enthusiastic
parking attendants in at least one nameless Inner London borough to
ticket buses while they stood at a stop with no passengers in sight.

Of course common sense usually prevails and there is no such
enforcement, although it can be a pain in some locations. Of course
where there are no restrictions, a bus has as much (or as little)
right as any other vehicle to wait.

Peter