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David Cantrell · December 5th 08, 01:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 06:50:32AM -0800, wrote:

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. They load up then wait for about a
minute before moving off delaying the traffic behind. Maybe there are
more buses running early as there is less traffic on the road but are
they allowed to just stop at a bus stop.

It would be better if they just kept on going. If they get to their
destination early then maybe the timetable needs changing rather than
hogging the road for no good reason.

No, it wouldn't be better. They'd just all bunch up, leaving a huge gap
in the middle of the service. Whenever I've been on a bus that does
this (it's not that often - and I've not seen it get more prevalent
recently) the driver has made an announcement to explain why.

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