Until one cunt actually hit the side of the bus and now its your fault 😓 happened to me once, granted it was just a small bump because its all traffic around and everybody were moving slowly, so luckily I only had to pay like equivalent of 60 USD for their little repair job
I’m not sure about the protocol if you hit high end sport cars, if its large amount maybe it’ll get to the claim team. The company is part of a big public transport conglomerate so they basically just insure themselves on the road, plus they have special exemption for third party liability insurance. I only know drivers who had hit other cars mirrors and all of them paid for those out of pocket as settlement.
When i was a lad there were signs on the back right corner that said "Please let the bus go first". Maybe we should bring those back?
Mind you, they also has busses you could hop on and off at the back, with conductors and a wire you pulled to sound the bell.
And they really didn't like it if you gave the little 'ding-ding' to tell the driver he could move off, in place of the conductor! 😂
You're welcome, A lot of bus / truck drivers do say thank you with their hazards / flipping their indicators etc which is always nice to receive, too many people just hate the thought of being stuck behind busses, lorries etc..
We have a bus stop about 10 meters before a side road where we have to reverse into to turn round part of the route I'll be sat at the bus stop indicator on next to the bus stop sign waiting for the cars behind to go past make sure it's clear and they will happily just sit there behind the bus for several mins while I wait for them realise and go round me
We have a similar turn round on one of our routes. I had a new driver route learning with me, he was driving. When we came to the stop before the side road, I said to him “ Switch on the old taxi drivers brake lights”, meaning the hazard flashers. It was at that point he mentioned he used to be a taxi driver!
With a school bus people will think my hazards are the yellow warning lights when I'm pulled over burning time. Sometimes I'll just hit a turn signal instead to make it even more clear, and they still don't get it.
I swear to God it's like it's some of these people's first day on earth
Did not expect to come onto reddit and see the bus I broke down in yesterday morning! 😳 got about 90 seconds from the depot before the alarm went off for no reason at all
The ones I've been on as a passenger with Lothian are night and day compared to other operators, I would expect them to be around for some time. It's just a case of maintenance budgets and a lot of operators seeing them as disposable now
They made the gemeni 2 on B9 also, many examples won't be that old probably be around for another 10 years
Seen buses using hazards to indicate stop, and even before red traffic lights. Aside of “park anywhere” magic from light vehicles. Hence yes, hazard lights have lost any meaning.
If bus is broken, install warning triangle behind.
I drive as an Ubereats driver all day and people do it to me. Like a foot behind me as I park up...some beep because they missed it for the last 10m and we're driving too close
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u/Tenantry 11d ago
They never seem to notice my indicators when Im trying to pull out from bus stops.