Sheep..

Why not stand at the end of the bus lane and tell them yourself? I don't think anyone here knows where you're referring to.

As the old song goes: if you want something done right, do it yourself.

Unless you post the location, no one can really make a judgment as to whether it's reasonable or not to do.

Are they using the bus lane to go straight, so as to free up the driving lane for traffic which turns right at the junction, and so doesn't block up junctions back up the road?

Does the bus go right or straight? If it goes straight, are drives OK about letting the bus in to go straight, as they're aware they're blocking the lane, and just get upset with what you do?

"The main road ends in a right turn. The left is a BUS LANE. HUNDREDS of drivers queue in the bus lane to go straight on"

Name the junction, as what you've written here makes no sense - the road ends with a right turn but you can continue on straight - what does that even mean?

Its like parking on double yellow lines. Its legal once you have your hazard warning lights on😂

Once one does it, others will follow, yes they're like sheep. They won't want to be the outlier that gets hung out to dry while attempting to get into the left hand lane at the end of the bus lane. A bus that has taken to the right hand lane to pass the idiots in the bus lane has some chance of getting back into the left as might is right. Bus = wolf.

What is at the end of the bus lane in terms of road markings, is it clear that traffic in the bus lane should yield or is it unclear.

You'll often have to encroach early into a bus lane to make a turn into a petrol station, an off ramps or to make a left turn ahead. To wait to the last second and meter is impractical and likely dangerous.

Any pedantic 'but it's the law' just demonstrates naivety and lack of common sense.

In general bus lanes are a blight on our roads. If there were a usable and fit for purpose bus service then there might be some little justification for this grab of road space off the people who actually own and paid for it.

Is it reasonable to use a bus lane to avoid a child who runs out in front of me?
What if I break down at 18.59 and the bus lane is 07:00-19:00?
How about to get around a fallen tree in the road at 4am?

Say I'm at the green position below, planning to go straight. Traffic going straight is at a complete standstill due to a crash. Nothing has moved in 5 minutes. Is it reasonable for me to enter the bus lane 5 meters early and let two busses sitting behind me (who want to turn right up ahead) get past? What if it was a fire brigade behind me trying to get to that very crash?

There's far more to what constitutes "reasonable" use of the roads than you make out.

Drivers who are queued in the bus lane aren't seeking to gain any advantage. They're collectively agreeing to do their best to keep the right lane free for people who want to turn right up ahead. Can you understand why they see you as taking advantage of that collective agreement?

If they're allowing busses who drive up on the right side, back into the queue with no issue, then that's not unreasonable IMO. The council should look at the road design.

Are you going to argue the actual point I made, or just make up stuff I never said about footpaths, and then try to make it about me?

How would I be blocking them if I was in the position of the green car, in the driving lane?

As soon as I posted something that you, and the other poster know well could be argued to be reasonable enough, the argument then jumps to "drivers like yourself" and implying I'm stupif and idiotic.

Back to the original response;

It is never reasonable to use a bus lane if you are a car driver

Do you really believe that no scenario could ever exist where it may be considered reasonable to use a bus lane?