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Originally Posted by flecc
I'm happy with it John, and the bus drivers seem happy also. That's probably partly due to the bus stops being very closely spaced in much of the area where I cycle, so they don't get up much speed between them anyway.
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My experience is that most bus drivers are pretty considerate and will normally wait to let you finish overtaking before they pull out from a stop.
You do get the odd cyclist-hater who will accelerate to overtake then cut in to their stop in front of you, forcing you to carry out an unnecessary overtake from a standing start.
The worst things though are the bendy-buses. They are the most frightening vehicle on the road because they are so long. When one overtakes it feels like it is never coming to an end. I have been forced off the road a couple of times by bendy buses pulling in to a stop. I don't think it is the that the driver means to be hostile, just their vehicle is so unwieldy.
Back to the main topic, I signed the petition against motorcycles in bus lanes because I read the view on the CTC site which says that motorbikes are...
"Dangerous to themselves and to others. Motorcyclists place not only themselves at risk, but they are also disproportionately hazardous to pedestrians' and cyclists' safety as well. Per mile travelled, PTWs are about 1.5 as likely as cars to be involved in collisions which cause serious injury to cyclists, twice as likely to be involved in causing them serious injuries and about three times as likely to be involved in killing them"
Frank