I was on a number 3 about 18 months ago when the driver accelerated
into the back of a car that had just overtaken him. The driver then
refused to open the doors to let anyone off (the bus was full to the
point of people standing on the stairs) until the police arrived so we
could give statements.

Maybe the drivers on the 3 are not the most customer oriented people in
the world, but the other side of that is that the buses tend to get you
to places very fast.

Hold on tight!

Matt Ashby wrote:
I was on a number 3 about 18 months ago when the driver accelerated
into the back of a car that had just overtaken him. The driver then
refused to open the doors to let anyone off (the bus was full to the
point of people standing on the stairs) until the police arrived so
we could give statements.

Isn't there an emergency release lever by the rear doors? If so, I
would certainly have used it in those circumstances. Did someone do so
in this case, or did you all patiently wait to give your statements.
"Yes, officer, the driver deliberately accelerated so as to ram the car
...."
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Isn't there an emergency release lever by the rear doors?
If so, I would certainly have used it in those circumstances.

There was. I used it. The driver shouted at me that he was going to get
me arrested. I and all the other passengers got on the next bus that
came while the car driver phoned his solicitor.


Matt Ashby

Just to add some pointless input - I love a ride on the N3 from Dulwich
to central London, it is better than a roller coaster ride on the top
deck! And you don't half get to where you want to go fast! More bus
routes should be like this....

Adam

Matt Ashby wrote:
Isn't there an emergency release lever by the rear doors?
If so, I would certainly have used it in those circumstances.

There was. I used it. The driver shouted at me that he was going to get
me arrested. I and all the other passengers got on the next bus that
came while the car driver phoned his solicitor.


Matt Ashby

On 18 Jun 2005 15:35:49 -0700, "gogogadam"
wrote:

Just to add some pointless input - I love a ride on the N3 from Dulwich
to central London, it is better than a roller coaster ride on the top
deck! And you don't half get to where you want to go fast! More bus
routes should be like this....

Going off on a tangent... do night buses have speed limiters? On some
it certainly seems like they don't!

Going off on a tangent... do night buses have speed
limiters? On some it certainly seems like they don't!

Night buses are just day buses with a different part of the destination
blind showing, so it will depend entirely on whether it's fitted to
that particular bus. Don't all London Buses have speed limiters now
anyway?

Matt Ashby wrote:
Going off on a tangent... do night buses have speed
limiters? On some it certainly seems like they don't!

Night buses are just day buses with a different part of the destination
blind showing, so it will depend entirely on whether it's fitted to
that particular bus. Don't all London Buses have speed limiters now
anyway?

They're probably broken on the 3's vehicles, just like everything
else...

"Matt Ashby" wrote in message
oups.com...
I was on a number 3 about 18 months ago when the driver accelerated
into the back of a car that had just overtaken him. The driver then
refused to open the doors to let anyone off (the bus was full to the
point of people standing on the stairs) until the police arrived so we
could give statements.

Maybe the drivers on the 3 are not the most customer oriented people in
the world, but the other side of that is that the buses tend to get you
to places very fast.

Hold on tight!


I would have just hit the emergency buttons above the doors and got off.

Had the driver insisted that I give a statement I would have said that he
deliberately drove into the back of the car!!!!