On 26 July, 20:13, Bruce wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:17:35 -0700 (PDT), MIG





wrote:
On 26 July, 17:07, Bruce wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:52:36 -0700 (PDT), MIG

wrote:

I will never applaud the idiot Boris, nor the hardline Tories who are
hiding behind him, but the silly characterisation of the objections to
bendy buses is disingenuous.

Never mind class or party politics; what about "I don't like to have a
totally unsuitable vehicle blocking the pedestrian crossings, forcing
me to risk my life to get across the road"?

What about it? *It's emotive nonsense, no more.

I was coming up with an alternative statement that might better
characterise genuine objections to bendys, based on something that
happens frequently.

I suggest that it sums up what far more people feel about them than
the statement about objecting to people of a "lower social class" that
I was responding to.

I'm sorry, I misunderstood. *I thought you actually believed that
rubbish. *Thanks for making it clear.

Well, I do frequently find bendys blocking crossings that I want to
use, so that part isn't rubbish.

I guess it's my own choice whether I then risk my life to walk round
or decide to stay on the same side of the road till the bus drivers
finally leave a gap. I tend to be a bit impetuous and walk round in
the middle of the traffic, but sometimes that isn't possible and I
just get delayed.

On one occasion, a bendy was blocking a crossing at Trafalgar Square
during the pedestrian phase, and I did walk round. Another bendy
driver decided that since the first one was preventing pedestrians
from crossing, he would drive straight through the red light. I
wasn't amused at all.