Drivers trying to escape the bus lane when they see a garda ahead. Let them in?

So, this morning the road was packed and all of a sudden about 15 cars sought to leave the bus lane at the one time. I looked ahead and sure enough the blue reflection of a Garda car's siren could be seen.


Everybody seemed to facilitate their request, even though it was clear they had skipped up to a couple of kms of traffic by hopping into the Bus Lane.

Would you let them in? I'd be inclined not to - "hard luck; you were caught for once". It's sort of pointless paying AGS to police lanes when the general driver conspires against them to help offenders evade punishment.

kneemos

Winners come first.

amcalester

**** 'em. I wouldn't let them in.

Trigger Happy

It depends on how big her boobs are.

awec

Nope, fcuk them.

MarkR

Coming over a solid continuous white line? That's a paddling. And a no. And if they crash into you, there's a police car nearby. Win win.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Probably

oLoonatic

depends on what car they are driving. BMW, Audi or Merc is a no from me.

Feisar

Ah I probably would.

frag420

oLoonatic wrote: »

depends on what car they are driving. BMW, Audi or Merc is a no from me.

What about a police car?

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Absolutely not.

TheChizler

MarkR wrote: »

Coming over a solid continuous white line? That's a paddling.

Interestingly a bus lane line isn't treated the same as a regular continuous white line.

DEFTLEFTHAND

oLoonatic wrote: »

depends on what car they are driving. BMW, Audi or Merc is a no from me.

I'm the opposite, I only let in mercs and beemers.

dalyboy

Thing is, even letting them in front of you to briskly exit the bus lane and save themselves a ticket may or may not actually save them. I’ve been on the Druncondra road many’s the time and viewed this maneuver resulting in the cop still pulling the offending car aside and processing a ticket regardless.

rgodard80a

If the garda car has their siren on, then by all means they're on an emergency call.... get out of their way and accommodate people out of their way.

But if the Garda car didn't have their lights/sirens on, I'd be actively blocking them from merging back into the correct lane.

oLoonatic

oLoonatic wrote: »

depends on what car they are driving. BMW, Audi or Merc is a no from me.

Envy is a terrible thing. Begrudgery is even worse.

Paulzx

rgodard80a wrote: »

If the garda car has their siren on, then by all means they're on an emergency call.... get out of their way and accommodate people out of their way.

But if the Garda car didn't have their lights/sirens on, I'd be actively blocking them from merging back into the correct lane.

Out of interest....Why?

hairyslug

Match their speed to make sure they are stuck in the bus lane

vicwatson

Needs a poll. Not a chance I would. Impatient pricks

WoollyRedHat

These are the same pillocks who park like a 2 year old colours, who think the cycle lane is an extension of a hard shoulder and whose only concern is where they're going next and to hell with everyone else. Leave them be, deserve a wake up call on their sense of entitlement. Shouldn't matter if they're driving a Mazda or a Ferrari.

NuMarvel

Of course I would. How else will they see my smug, superior, holier than thou, "I'm the only reason you're not getting a traffic fine" face in their rear view mirror for the rest of their journey?

Seriously though, I probably wouldn't. If the bus lane was good enough for you when the Gardaí weren't there, then it's good enough for you when they are.

On a related matter (and not aimed at the OP), you would be surprised at the amount of drivers who don't realise most bus lanes have set hours of operations. Not that I'm complaining much. Makes my journeys much faster when everyone stays out of the non-operational bus lane

oLoonatic

Deleted User wrote: »

Envy is a terrible thing. Begrudgery is even worse.

Dont worry i wouldn't be envious of their fine.

beerbaron

Fuaranach wrote: »

So, this morning the road was packed and all of a sudden about 15 cars sought to leave the bus lane at the one time. I looked ahead and sure enough the blue reflection of a Garda car's siren could be seen.

You saw a Light, you did not see a Siren !

Zorya

I probably would at a push. But I would be muttering unmentionable things about them as I did. It's one of the few enough times I really feel nasty about people. There is this 2 lane approach to my local town and the inner lane is for turning right into the bus station. But people use it all the time for by-passing the constant traffic jam getting in to town. A big long free wheel along the empty road while the rest of us mugs are not moving, often for 15 minutes. And then they casually angle the front of their cars and ''merge'' ie push their way into line just before the place where they should turn off. It honestly makes me feel murderous sometimes! :mad:

Red_Wake

Rewarding bad behaviour only encourages it.

Ray Palmer

It always amazes me the amount of people who let drivers skip traffic like this. My regular route often has a free bus lane with the regular traffic stuck. There are always a few that use the bus lane. The cops are sometimes there so catch some. When the cops are there and spotted there are all these cars trying to get back in the proper lane.
Saw some get back into the proper lane. Cycled up to the cop and said I could identify 5 cars that went into the regular traffic. He asked me to point them out. So we walked along together and got them all to pulled over. He simply asked them if they had been in the bus lane and they all just admitted it. They were none to happy with me and one did recognise me a few weeks later and started yelling at me. All on video which I handed in but nothing was done.

k99_64

Trigger Happy wrote: »

It depends on how big her boobs are.

Whats the point where u let them in?

Amirani

NuMarvel wrote: »

On a related matter (and not aimed at the OP), you would be surprised at the amount of drivers who don't realise most bus lanes have set hours of operations. Not that I'm complaining much. Makes my journeys much faster when everyone stays out of the non-operational bus lane

Only thing is it can making merging more difficult when everyone is using the other lane!

Bob Harris

Ray Palmer wrote: »

It always amazes me the amount of people who let drivers skip traffic like this. My regular route often has a free bus lane with the regular traffic stuck. There are always a few that use the bus lane. The cops are sometimes there so catch some. When the cops are there and spotted there are all these cars trying to get back in the proper lane.
Saw some get back into the proper lane. Cycled up to the cop and said I could identify 5 cars that went into the regular traffic. He asked me to point them out. So we walked along together and got them all to pulled over. He simply asked them if they had been in the bus lane and they all just admitted it. They were none to happy with me and one did recognise me a few weeks later and started yelling at me. All on video which I handed in but nothing was done.

Fúcking hell.....

seamus

Fair play Ray, that's a public service.

To answer the OP, no I don't let these people in, Garda or no Garda. I wouldn't be exceptionally aggressive about it - if their nose is already in the lane, I'm not going to go around them to block them, but I'm also not going to leave a gap to let some queue skipping prick in.

Outkast_IRE

Why aren't cameras used ? Seems crazy to me when they could make a fortune off automatically fining them rather than a Garda having to physically be there

Outkast_IRE

Why aren't cameras used ? Seems crazy to me when they could make a fortune off automatically fining them rather than a Garda having to physically be there

Still waters

Ray Palmer wrote: »

It always amazes me the amount of people who let drivers skip traffic like this. My regular route often has a free bus lane with the regular traffic stuck. There are always a few that use the bus lane. The cops are sometimes there so catch some. When the cops are there and spotted there are all these cars trying to get back in the proper lane.
Saw some get back into the proper lane. Cycled up to the cop and said I could identify 5 cars that went into the regular traffic. He asked me to point them out. So we walked along together and got them all to pulled over. He simply asked them if they had been in the bus lane and they all just admitted it. They were none to happy with me and one did recognise me a few weeks later and started yelling at me. All on video which I handed in but nothing was done.

What a miserable way to live

Guy:Incognito

Bus lane cameras would fix it handy enough. Like having a gard there the whole time the bus lane is in operation

Edit. Too slow.

Ray Palmer

Bob Harris wrote: »

Ray Palmer wrote: »

It always amazes me the amount of people who let drivers skip traffic like this. My regular route often has a free bus lane with the regular traffic stuck. There are always a few that use the bus lane. The cops are sometimes there so catch some. When the cops are there and spotted there are all these cars trying to get back in the proper lane.
Saw some get back into the proper lane. Cycled up to the cop and said I could identify 5 cars that went into the regular traffic. He asked me to point them out. So we walked along together and got them all to pulled over. He simply asked them if they had been in the bus lane and they all just admitted it. They were none to happy with me and one did recognise me a few weeks later and started yelling at me. All on video which I handed in but nothing was done.

Fúcking hell.....

I know why the cops didn't go after him for threatening me is a disgrace.

Charlie19

Still waters wrote: »

What a miserable way to live

https://youtu.be/cIRGV7QoGk8

Edgware

oLoonatic wrote: »

depends on what car they are driving. BMW, Audi or Merc is a no from me.

Anything with a Northern reg stick them to the footpath

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Ray Palmer wrote: »

I know why the cops didn't go after him for threatening me is a disgrace.

Sheldon is that you?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Let them in. I'm neither a traffic cop or a snitch.

Fann Linn

Never. Nothing like the look of fear on their faces and the constant pointing and pleading for the bit of leeway.
Them's the rules in this game of chance.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Charlie19 wrote: »

https://youtu.be/cIRGV7QoGk8

I was thinking about the very same video when I read Ray Palmers post.

A absolutely miserable way to live.

Mousewar

Fookers do that to the hard shoulder on the M50 whenever it gets too busy as well. I hate them so very very much. The last time I saw it happen the slow traffic was because of a car on fire and the fire truck couldn't reach it because these assholes had blocked the hard shoulder.
They should have their car taken off them straight away.

daheff

NuMarvel wrote: »

On a related matter (and not aimed at the OP), you would be surprised at the amount of drivers who don't realise most bus lanes have set hours of operations. Not that I'm complaining much. Makes my journeys much faster when everyone stays out of the non-operational bus lane

Part of that is because signage is random, too small to see details as you are driving and non existent in some cases. Ordinary law abiding drivers don’t use the bus lane in case it’s illegal and don’t want a fine.

Charlie19

Jennifer Uninterested Tambourine wrote: »

I was thinking about the very same video when I read Ray Palmers post.

A absolutely miserable way to live.

It brings you about to wonder what happened to these people down through the years that would let little things like this irritate them so badly

KERSPLAT!

Let them in? Nope. Same as not flashing when I see a speed van.

Am I a prîck? Yes, but not for those reasons

pgj2015

yer man on the bike in that video should have just stayed in her way. let her move. don't say a word to her.

Giveaway

MarkR wrote: »

Coming over a solid continuous white line? That's a paddling. And a no. And if they crash into you, there's a police car nearby. Win win.

My neck!

bb1234567

Nah. Theyre not supposed to be doing it, if there happened to be some free space I might reverse to let them squeeze in, but I couldnt care less if they get caught either

Its just a ticket anyway, not the end of the world

givyjoe

daheff wrote: »

Part of that is because signage is random, too small to see details as you are driving and non existent in some cases. Ordinary law abiding drivers don’t use the bus lane in case it’s illegal and don’t want a fine.

The signage is never random or too small on any bus lane I've ever seen. Also, using it when not in operation IS law abiding. Drivers acting like lemmings and incapable of using their eyes would bother me more.

RobertKK

They are breaking the rules of the road, one is not obliged to be complicit in their crime.

NuMarvel

daheff wrote: »

Part of that is because signage is random, too small to see details as you are driving and non existent in some cases. Ordinary law abiding drivers don’t use the bus lane in case it’s illegal and don’t want a fine.

In my experience, most of the signage is fine. Some could stand to be improved, but for the most part it's fine. If a lane doesn't have a sign, I'll err on the side of caution and assume it's a 24 hour bus lane, because I definitely don't want a fine.

And I'm happy to confirm that I am an ordinary law abiding driver. Ask any driver behind me when the lights turn amber