Should bus drivers perhaps be fined for not using their dedicated lanes?
I was in my car on the road outside Sainsbury's in Belgrave Road, by the flyover, heading into town.
This stretch of road has a bus lane, on the left. I was in the right-hand lane, waiting for the lights to change, so I could move forward and move into the left-hand lane, once I had cleared the bus lane. As I waited, a bus came up behind me and the driver sounded his hooter.
He wanted me to move into the bus lane so that he could get by in the right-hand lane.
Having read in the Mercury over the past few weeks about car drivers being fined for using bus lanes, it somewhat beggars belief that a bus driver should expect a car driver to use the bus lane so that the bus could get by.
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It was a Leicester City bus and I felt very tempted to get out and ask the driver why he wasn't using the empty bus lane. However, the lights were changing so I drove off rather than cause a delay.
Is this a one-off or has it happened to other drivers? Should bus drivers be fined for not using bus lanes?
Kay Gibson, Houghton on the Hill.
Comments
by spalding1944
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 11:08AM
“The Park & Ride 103 drivers due this on a regular basic as do many drivers. Should driver be fined , yes, but it will not happen because Pete liks buses but not cars”