Give way to buses ?

Wolfie you just need one of the signs off a bus and the Delica could impersonate one. Just a few cardboard cutouts of people looking out.

From an idoits point of view it dosnt matter how long the indicator is on for because is average clown is not look past the boot is in front of them.
Dont forget in peek hour it is illegal to go past a stopped bus faster than 40 kms that has flashing lights on as well. So slow down and let the stupid little demons live.

shadow

You miss the point shadow. I dont mean to imply that all bus drivers are idiot and you shouldn't take it that way but no matter how slow you go and how cautious you are if any driver whether it be bus car or truck pulls out suddenly and indicates as he/she is doing it then it makes it very difficult and these people are definately idiots. I apologise if this offends you however it is simply one persons point of view.

The shaddows -- the boot in front of them ?? think they better turn there seats around !!

Boc

P.s i know what you meant :)

Skid,

Unfortunately you are right. Far too many idiots on the road who can not/will not look beyond the vehicle directly in front of them. The same fools who get on the horn despite the fact you have half a dozen vehicles in front of you.

Does'nt take much to drive defensively, just treat every other road user as a fool who is out to get you :))))

I bet he let every nissan past for a while, HaHa!

We had a bus change lanes on us coming off the Harbour Bridge near Milsons Point station years ago, we were in a mates old G60 Nissan. The Mack style bullbar went in just behind the RH front wheel on the bus and removed every panel up to the windows right back to the rear wheel.
The Nissan was unscathed apart from the paint on the bullbar and fortunately for my mate the cop that was behind us saw everything and pinged ther bus driver.
We drove off leaving the RTA to clean up.

followed this one with interest.
as a bd there are only 2 comments i can make. the pasengers winge because you are not there in 50 secs. the motoring public in general like to beat the bus.

now for my comments.
the fact that a 4x4 driver stuffed a bus gives no credence to other 4x4 drivers. as many have said, look ahead.
we must run on time and the management demand this. we could sit on the side of the road for 20 mins waiting for the smaller vehicles in peak hour to let us out again. we all use the roads. after becoming a bd i now realise the problems of slower take off vehicles and do my best to allow for trucks and other heavy vehicles to enter road ways by looking ahead.

the whole road problem is the lack of respect for ALL road users.

bd drivers become disilusioned with other road user's because we are the minority and every day we see d.h's and in the end we loose respect for all, because unfortunatly the minority of especialy 4x4 people who have no respect seem to think they have the god given right because of the sise of their bull bar. i encounter many travelers who drive 4x4 and they are a great bunch of people with much respect for other road users no so more than in the nt where rt's are the norm. why cannot this also reflect in the city's ???????????????/

From what I know you only have to give way to buses on a 60 km/h road.

When I see a bus at the bus stop I slow down expecting it to pull out. Just like appraching an intersection where you have to give way. I find the majority of bus drivers let you pass even though they have every right to pull away from the kerb.

R