wrote:
Ian Jelf wrote:

some speeding child or youth but an older woman with helmet and
yellow jacket

You sure it wasn't Adam Hart-Davis? ;-)

I think you'd hear him coming! ;-)

In uk.rec.cycling Adrian twisted the electrons to say:
Given that your average cyclist can probably hold somewhere around 15mph,
and a daily commuter probably hold more than that, I'd suggest that a
cyclist would be unlikely to be holding a bus up,

Depending on local conditions (eg: frequency of the buses, distances
between stops), the best approach might be to wait in traffic until the
bus passes you and hten pull into the bus lane behind it ... ?
--
These opinions might not even be mine ...
Let alone connected with my employer ...

Depending on local conditions (eg: frequency of the buses, distances
between stops), the best approach might be to wait in traffic until
the bus passes you and hten pull into the bus lane behind it ... ?

Correct. Never pass up the opportunity to draft a nice big bus.

Mark Thompson
(pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_t o_reply*.com) gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Depending on local conditions (eg: frequency of the buses, distances
between stops), the best approach might be to wait in traffic until
the bus passes you and hten pull into the bus lane behind it ... ?

Correct. Never pass up the opportunity to draft a nice big bus.

But you can't hold onto the rail on the platform any more...

Mark Thompson gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying
snippity

Do you know something about me and myself that no one else does?

Mark Thompson
(pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_t o_reply*.com) gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Mark Thompson gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying
snippity

Do you know something about me and myself that no one else does?

taps side of nose knowingly

peers closer at monitor

Ewww. PLEASE don't do that. It's disgusting.

On 15 Feb 2006 07:45:49 -0800, "Neil Williams"
wrote:

On a similar note, I recall on the recent documentary about a London
bus depot on TV (I forget the name) that bus drivers in this country
are actually trained to pull in 6-8 inches from the kerb, and not right
up to it. Does anyone know why? I always put this down to poor or
lazy driving before now, as in Germany the convention is to touch the
kerb with the wheels, thus taking best advantage of the low-floor
boarding step.

If you have glider doors, opening outwards, they are liable to foul
the kerb. Our Alero, if it is kneeling, has the bottome edges of the
doors below the normal kerb level.
--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org

Terry Harper wrote:

If you have glider doors, opening outwards, they are liable to foul
the kerb. Our Alero, if it is kneeling, has the bottome edges of the
doors below the normal kerb level.

Hadn't thought of that, thanks. Still doesn't explain why you'd do it
for inward-opening doors, but I guess if you always do the same thing
you avoid mistakes being made and doors being knocked off as a result.

Neil

In message , d
writes
Having a bemused cyclist staring at you with a look of complete
confusion mixed with rage, simply because you got off a bus at a bus
stop, is quite entertaining.
This is were I would stand between the bus and biker and ask if I can
help?
--
Clive

Adrian wrote:

Bear in mind that cyclists don't need to stop regularly for passengers,
either.

Or, indeed, red lights. ;-)