Bus Lane but Buses not using

[Lab4games]

saw a number of times buses not using bus lane during its operating hours.

they take the lane next to it, fighting for space with cars.

 

Like this morning, there is this bus along lentor ave towards SLE, who chose to take the middle lane. The bus is still very far from SLE so even if it is not going up SLE, he need not keep to middle lane yet. He will have ample time to change lane later on.

 

Bus can use non-bus lane, but we cars cannot use bus lane... What's the point of drawing bus lane for them when they don't even want to use it? LTA should remove bus lanes on many roads.

[Shull]

do us a favour by writing to LTA will ya?

[Apvman]

bro, very simple.. next time u encountered this issue with buses again....

 

Take a photo of the bus including the plate number.. send to STOMP, NEWSPAPER CENTRE and make a complaint...

 

confirm got actions one...

[Nikamura]

saw a number of times buses not using bus lane during its operating hours.

they take the lane next to it, fighting for space with cars.

 

Like this morning, there is this bus along lentor ave towards SLE, who chose to take the middle lane. The bus is still very far from SLE so even if it is not going up SLE, he need not keep to middle lane yet. He will have ample time to change lane later on.

 

Bus can use non-bus lane, but we cars cannot use bus lane... What's the point of drawing bus lane for them when they don't even want to use it? LTA should remove bus lanes on many roads.

 

i am a frequent user of lentor ave towards SLE there too. yeah i agree with u . normally happened around 8+ am. the whole freaking bus lane is empty but instead 2-3 busses were spotted fighting for the middle lane along with all the other vehicles. they start to hog at somewhere before the bustop at the u-turn point there..

[Kusje]

This happens everyday along Orchard road.

[Ixiz]

They don't hog other lanes where got reasons to generate more income ? to built more ERP ...to snap bus lane offender etc ??

 

Just remember this ..What you cannot do ..they can do ..what you can do ..they also can do ..

 

Next time take a bus ..Hold the driver by the waist ...They will auto shout " I am the king of the world !!"

Edited April 15, 2009 by Ixiz

[Lab4games]

next time if i have a passenger in my car i will ask passenger to take photo!

 

if bus doesn't want to use then don't draw the bus lane. without bus lane, road conditions will be better to drive in.

 

nowadays quite a number of bus uses the expressway, who knows one day they will dedicate 1 lane during peak hr for bus?

[Hamburger]

block them then...................

[Unfair]

Buses sometimes they have to filter out because of obstructions further in front

or they have to make a right turn

 

Its more difficult for buses to filter lanes compared to normal vehicles, so sometimes you cannot fault them for changing lanes in advance

 

and no, i am not a bus driver, just a bus blocker lol

[Tonyhawk]

I doubt bus drivers are as bored as to drive in non-bus lanes just to piss people off, especially if the bus lane is clear..... Im sure they have their reasons, either its obstructed ahead or its going to turn, etc. Like like others have said, its not easy to maneuver a bus, particularly when nobody gives way. And we all know why this is so, during peak hours. As much as its easy to point fingers at others, the fingers inevitably point back to oneself.

 

Live and let live. They're just making a living, pick a fight with something more worthwhile.

 

Cheers.

[Kb27]

Don't just blame the bus driver.

Blame LTA for bad road design.

 

The buses at Lentor has to keep to the middle lane because the left lane is slip road going into SLE.

 

Here, you have bus lane and left turning lanes crossing each other.

[Emkay]

bro, very simple.. next time u encountered this issue with buses again....

 

Take a photo of the bus including the plate number.. send to STOMP, NEWSPAPER CENTRE and make a complaint...

 

confirm got actions one...

 

sorry can't help laughing when i saw this.

 

make sure you bring enough memory cards for it .. at places like orchard road, north/south bridge, this happen all the time. it seems to me that the buses are treating the bus lane as their bus bay and overtaking lane.

 

and i don't think complaining is going to help .. you will get response like "dun like it? dun drive" .

 

there was once i was driving along orchard road, the bus in the bus lane tried several times trying to cut into my lane and out of the bus lane, i kept my pace just ahead of him and lead him through the whole Orchard road. Although there was no obstruction at all along the bus lane and traffic is fairly light, the bus just refuse to stay in the lane. When near Dhoby Gaut, the unhappy bus driver flashed at me before turning into Selegie road