On 03/03/2014 11:46, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 22:53:32 +0000, Peter Lawrence
wrote:

Does anyone know what a bus driver is instructed to do when he
approaches a stop and there are two or more buses stopped there already.

There is then little chance of an intending psssenger making a clear
signal or of the driver being able to see any signal made.

So, I show hope that
(a) he will stop even if no signal is seen.
(b) he will let passengers off and on when at the back of the queue, if
it is safe to do so.
(c) he will stop again shen he later reaches the stop sign, lest any
passengers have not been able to get to an earler stopping position.

I hope he will NOT decide there are no passengers for his bus and
overtake the stopped buses.

If we are talking about London Buses then the rules are contained in
the "big red book".

This has been released by TfL via FOI and to Transport for All.

http://www.transportforall.org.uk/files/brb3part1.pdf

See pages 10 and 19 for the points you raise.

I will state the obvious by saying that sometimes drivers do not
follow all of these rules. I've certainly had buses drive past a long
queue of buses at Kings Cross including one I was waiting for and
there was not another one at the stop.

Thankyou Paul. I was talking about London buses and they seem to have
covered the subject succinctly and adequately. They might advise a
driver who is moving forward to keep his LH indicator flashing so that
passengers can deduce what is happening.

A driver directly behind other buses has a poor view of hte bus stop
area and deserves our sympathy.



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