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Buses blocking the road
Martin Underwood wrote:
"Anonymouse" wrote in message ... Nick H (UK) wrote: The cause of the filling in of bus stops is that car drivers don't let buses pull out. If car drivers acquired some basic consideration for other people (which it's questionable whether you can have if you choose to drive in London anyway), this wouldn't be necessary. Ah, the old punish-the-majority-for-the-sins-of-the-few ploy? The same sort of unthinking easy-way-out solution that a teacher might use - keeping the whole school in because someone has written a "naughty word" on the bog wall! From personal experience, I would put it as punish-the-few-for-the-sins-of-the-majority. There is something quite scary about the way normally rational people behave when behind the wheel of a car. And let's not forget the six million bus passengers every day in London who are currently inconvenienced by inconsiderate drivers. What is your solution to the problem? I have already written why I think delaying car drivers for a short while is OK. Before, buses were unable to pull out in traffic. Now, they can. If the solution inconveniences those who are considerate, maybe they will increase peer pressure on those who are not, and change their behaviour. For the record, I nearly always let buses and taxis pull out ahead of me, providing they indicate their intention sufficiently in advance that I can slow down slightly without needing to brake, creating a gap into which they can pull. I sometimes get hooted from vehicles behind and once a bicycle decided to overtake me on the left, narrowly escaping being sandwiched between the bus and my nearside front wing - some people just cannot read the road ahead of them! It's amazing, isn't it. If only all drivers were as good as those who post to newsgroups! (Actually, why not brake to let buses pull out? I don't understand that point.) A |
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