Riding in a bus lane legalities

[F5 Dave]

The fuck? You can't just have an opinion and use it as a justification for doing something fucking stupid. My honest opinion might be that I can spraypaint your fence... Not gonna leave you happy will it?

Unless you were taking the piss, in which case I got hooked on that!

Nah I agree with him. Someone under taking you on a normal road is going to get wiped out one day and it will be their own dumb fault. He never said if he was on a bike or a car but it makes no difference

[ELectronicFlesh]

Overtaking on the inside in moving traffic is illegal

Anyone doing so is at their own risk and liability

End of

It's not illegal actually, if we're both talking about both vehicles being in different lanes. I could find you a link to proof if you want?

If you're talking about one lane then yeah that's pretty damn dangerous.

[ital916]

On exactly the same road I took out a moron on a GS1150, doing exactly the same thing. I pulled into the BP and he went into a parked car. Who in the fuck looks in his left hand mirror when he is pulling over to the left.

IMHO the lane only exists during the designated hours.

People who consider the fact that there are cyclists and other road users who can sometimes be found on the left hand side of your vehicle when turning into a driveway. Please go to the nearest AA and hand in your licence for destruction, we need less idiotic road users thanks.

[rastuscat]

Cycle lanes. It's not just illegal, it's bloody stupid. But we see bikers doing it every day.

[Devil]

Yes, but on topic here - which is bus lanes.
Outside the bus lane times, it is just a regular lane. Which may or may not have parking available. If there are cars parked there, make sure there's sufficient room to be able to operate your vehicle safely. If it's a real tight mofo you could technically get done for riding in an unavailable lane.

From a car drivers perspective, if you turn left into a driveway without turning into the left lane first whether it happens to be buslane or not at the time, you are in the wrong. You cant just turn across a lane willy nilly. This is why you're allowed to drive in one for up to 50m to make a turn.

[Devil]

People who consider the fact that there are cyclists and other road users who can sometimes be found on the left hand side of your vehicle when turning into a driveway. Please go to the nearest AA and hand in your licence for destruction, we need less idiotic road users thanks.

You also need to remember that cyclist have to obey the road rules too. If you're ahead of one and performing a left turn into a driveway fulfilling all the normal requirements (indicating etc) and they decide to pass you on the left while you're doing so, they're in the wrong. It's not magically ok to pass on the left because they're a cyclist.