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Stuck in a bus lane today

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  • 14-02-2010 11:05pm
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    mondeo
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    Ever get stuck driving down a bus lane and it's not really your fault and everyone is eyeing the bejesus out of ya? Had an experience today outside Marley park where I under took a car onto the bus lane because he stopped to turn right, but I did not realise the road ahead of him was full of traffic so I was forced to drive down the bus lane getting the look of several drivers before stopping at the front. I was so embarressed I took the nearest left turn and stayed there till the traffic moved off.....But jeez I got some stick but I did it with good intentions...Sorry to the other drivers heading down towards Marley park today seeing a black lancer "appearing" to take the piss...But honestly that was not my intention at all....:eek:


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    Mitch Connor
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    mondeo wrote: »
    Ever get stuck driving down a bus lane and it's not really your fault and everyone is eyeing the bejesus out of ya? Had an experience today outside Marley park where I under took a car onto the bus lane because he stopped to turn right, but I did not realise the road ahead of him was full of traffic so I was forced to drive down the bus lane getting the look of several drivers before stopping at the front. I was so embarressed I took the nearest left turn and stayed there till the traffic moved off.....But jeez I got some stick but I did it with good intentions...Sorry to the other drivers heading down towards Marley park today seeing a black lancer "appearing" to take the piss...But honestly that was not my intention at all....:eek:

    you could have pulled back in directly in front of the guy turning right, or was there a bus/taxi right behind you?

    Not that I really care you were in a bus lane. Also, I though most bus lanes were non operational on a Sunday


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    MagicMarker
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    mondeo wrote: »
    Ever get stuck driving down a bus lane and it's not really your fault and everyone is eyeing the bejesus out of ya? Had an experience today outside Marley park where I under took a car onto the bus lane because he stopped to turn right, but I did not realise the road ahead of him was full of traffic so I was forced to drive down the bus lane getting the look of several drivers before stopping at the front. I was so embarressed I took the nearest left turn and stayed there till the traffic moved off.....But jeez I got some stick but I did it with good intentions...Sorry to the other drivers heading down towards Marley park today seeing a black lancer "appearing" to take the piss...But honestly that was not my intention at all....:eek:
    It's Sunday, you can drive in a bus lane.


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    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭mondeo


    Mitch Connor wrote: »
    you could have pulled back in directly in front of the guy turning right, or was there a bus/taxi right behind you?

    Not that I really care you were in a bus lane. Also, I though most bus lanes were non operational on a Sunday

    I could not pull directly in front of him as he was right behind someone as he was turning right and I had no room to move back in. There was no bus behind me or anything but in the moment I was in I had to keep going.


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    bazz26
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    Not having a go at you but could you not have just waited for him to make his right turn considering you said there was traffic queued in front of him?


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    mondeo
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    It's Sunday, you can drive in a bus lane.

    At the end of the bus lane I was forced to move back into the normal lane because of the design of the junction and thats where the abuse started... I actually did not know you could use bus lanes on Sundays, the others did not know either by the probably deserved abuse I was getting.


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    grudgebringer
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    It's Sunday, you can drive in a bus lane.

    Not if the Bus lane is 24 x 7, which a lot of them are. As per previous post though, why could the OP not just pull directly in after undertaking the right turning car? Would have avoided the whole a-hole in the bus lane incident ... :P


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    The-Game
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    It's Sunday, you can drive in a bus lane.

    Not them all, you need to check the signs as a lot of them are 24/7.


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    [Deleted User]
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    bazz26 wrote: »
    Not having a go at you but could you not have just waited for him to make his right turn considering you said there was traffic queued in front of him?

    He said he didn't realise there was traffic in front of the bus.

    @magicmarker, not all bus lanes are free for alls on Sundays.


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    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭mondeo


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Not having a go at you but could you not have just waited for him to make his right turn considering you said there was traffic queued in front of him?

    From my line of vision it appeared to me that I had enough room to move back in but in reality I did not...


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    Mr. Presentable
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    He couldn't see the traffic in front of the car he undertook. Despite the fact there was no room between it and the car in front of it for him to pull in.

    Observation FAIL.


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    phoebe!
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    Lots of people don't read the times for Bus Lanes and I often get evil looks when I am legally driving in them!! Thats their problem not mine...read the signs!


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    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭mondeo


    nipplenuts wrote: »
    He couldn't see the traffic in front of the car he undertook. Despite the fact there was no room between it and the car in front of it for him to pull in.

    Observation FAIL.

    possibly but I am only human....the point of the thread was to point out that I did not deliberately ride the bus lane regardless of any observation failures.


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    Robb
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    Dont worry about its not too bad ;)


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    grudgebringer
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    Then why didn't you indicate immediately to return to the correct lane instead of travelling the length of the bus lane ... it was that which got you the 'looks' not the fact that you undertook the car .... :rolleyes:


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    samsemtex
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    hardly crime of the century!


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    Guy:Incognito
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    samsemtex wrote: »
    hardly crime of the century!

    It's a gateway crime. The OP has had the rush of lawlessness, who knows what he'll do next.


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    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭mondeo


    grudgebringer wrote: »
    Then why didn't you indicate immediately to return to the correct lane instead of travelling the length of the bus lane ... it was that which got you the 'looks' not the fact that you undertook the car .... :rolleyes:

    I could have done but I didn't, I have a progressive mind sometimes..:rolleyes:


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    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭mondeo


    Stekelly wrote: »
    It's a gateway crime. The OP has had the rush of lawlessness, who knows what he'll do next.

    I'm going to break the 30kph zone in city centre tommarow, foot to the floor 35kph going over the bridge :D


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    remotesensor
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    That buslane is "not in use" anyway, so dont be worried.


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    Tipp Man
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    phoebe! wrote: »
    Lots of people don't read the times for Bus Lanes and I often get evil looks when I am legally driving in them!! Thats their problem not mine...read the signs!

    Agree completely, its amazing the amount of times you see a long queue of traffic in 1 lane and an out of hours bus lane competely empty, i find that really annoying

    Does anyone have any number on the amount of bus lanes that are 24-7 compared to those that aren't?? In my experience the majority are not 24-7 but that is only my experience


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    seamus
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    The bus lanes on the grange road aren't operational yet.

    It's not your fault if other people don't realise that.


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    Andrew33
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    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Agree completely, its amazing the amount of times you see a long queue of traffic in 1 lane and an out of hours bus lane competely empty, i find that really annoying

    Does anyone have any number on the amount of bus lanes that are 24-7 compared to those that aren't?? In my experience the majority are not 24-7 but that is only my experience

    Any new bus lane that gets created is 24/7 (thankfully).


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    [Deleted User]
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    Andrew33 wrote: »
    Any new bus lane that gets created is 24/7 (thankfully).

    Why thankfully?


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    keefg
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    samsemtex wrote: »
    hardly crime of the century!

    Exactly, but as usual the guy will get vilified by some members of this forum even though I very much doubt they are perfect drivers themselves :rolleyes:


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    Max Power1
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    Tipp Man wrote: »
    Agree completely, its amazing the amount of times you see a long queue of traffic in 1 lane and an out of hours bus lane competely empty, i find that really annoying

    Does anyone have any number on the amount of bus lanes that are 24-7 compared to those that aren't?? In my experience the majority are not 24-7 but that is only my experience
    thats actually one of the circumstances i love! Nthing better than driving past a long line of traffic through the bus lane (when entitled to - out of hours of the sign)


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    Andrew33
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    Why thankfully?

    Much safer for emergency vehicles to use empty bus lanes rather than driving on the wrong side of the road towards oncoming traffic.:cool:


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    Fighting Irish
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    mondeo wrote: »
    Ever get stuck driving down a bus lane and it's not really your fault and everyone is eyeing the bejesus out of ya? Had an experience today outside Marley park where I under took a car onto the bus lane because he stopped to turn right, but I did not realise the road ahead of him was full of traffic so I was forced to drive down the bus lane getting the look of several drivers before stopping at the front. I was so embarressed I took the nearest left turn and stayed there till the traffic moved off.....But jeez I got some stick but I did it with good intentions...Sorry to the other drivers heading down towards Marley park today seeing a black lancer "appearing" to take the piss...But honestly that was not my intention at all....:eek:

    your fault


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    [Deleted User]
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    Andrew33 wrote: »
    Much safer for emergency vehicles to use empty bus lanes rather than driving on the wrong side of the road towards oncoming traffic.:cool:

    Is that much of an issue do you think?

    My own opinion would be that during non bus traffic hours it is safer anyway because cars can nip out of the bus lane alot more easily than a double decker can anyway so that isn't the best of reasons.

    In agreement with the above, there are so many people who don't read signs, and thanks to them I have nice free bus lanes to zip up and down of a sunday :D


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    Stark
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    seamus wrote: »
    The bus lanes on the grange road aren't operational yet.

    It's not your fault if other people don't realise that.

    Despite the sign that says "bus lane not in use".

    I use bus lanes outside the hours of operation quite a bit (afaik, keep left rule applies once the bus lane becomes a normal lane) and most of the time don't have problems, but you do get the idiot who hasn't read the sign and decides to make an issue of it.

    In regards, to the OP's case: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's legal to pull into the bus lane at any time if you're blocked by a car turning right in front of you?


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    Mr. Presentable
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    Max Power1 wrote: »
    thats actually one of the circumstances i love! Nthing better than driving past a long line of traffic through the bus lane (when entitled to - out of hours of the sign)

    But then you sit at the Yield sign while all the cars you undertook go past. I am fairly certain there's a yield instruction at the end of every bus lane - not that you'd want to challenge a taxi to right of way there.


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