On 15/08/2014 18:10, John Williamson wrote:
On 15/08/2014 12:44, The Other Mike wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:54:55 +0100, John Williamson
wrote:

While we're at it, can we tax cyclists off the road so that buses can
deliver their cargo of people as quickly and efficiently as possible? I
get held up unnecessarily more in the rush hour by cyclists than any
other group of road users, due in general to their inconsiderate use of
road space. One of these days, I'm going to remember to put a dashboard
camera in place to show just how this happens and how badly many
cyclists behave on the road.

Getting buses off the roads would leave far more space those who can
afford to
drive in their own vehicles (and for cyclists and pedestrians)

Every time I visit a big town or city I'm always stuck behind a queue
of buses,
each with a maximum of two people onboard, one being the driver and
the other a
passenger who has probably been dead for 20 years.

The bus would be moving a lot faster if a cyclist wasn't wobbling all
over the road while a constant stream of cars was overtaking it or
coming the other way, preventing it from overtaking the cyclist.

Buses are the most efficient motorised way to move people round the
average town or city, and can fit over 50 passengers in the space
occupied by a dozen cyclists displaying their normal behaviour.

Loading for most bus services was about 40% of nominal vehicle capacity
at the last firm I worked for when averaged over a full day's work. So
if all you see is the driver and one passenger on board you must be
visiting either some very strange towns or normal towns at some very
strange times.

Other than at school time, most of the buses around here are as TOM
described.

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Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk