F***ING buses ive had it!!!!!

**Flyingpony** · 30th December 2005, 07:26

Originally Posted by Badcat

is it because you are on that half-bike and he can't see you?
... just a thought....

2nd that. It's really hard to spot one of these on the road because the rider is so low that even cyclists are easier to spot. Having no lights and no rego plates makes me wonder why they're even on the road in the first place.

**Monsterbishi** · 30th December 2005, 08:47

Get your lights on and a loud exhaust, remove any possibility that they can't see you.

**Cibby** · 30th December 2005, 08:56

That post is really hard to read, I'm still not one hundred percent sure what actually happened.

Obviously it sucked either way.

**Ixion** · 30th December 2005, 09:29

Originally Posted by Dadpole

I like the camera idea there MA. Just keep practicing the sideways leap in case they try to use the spot you are standing. Are you wearing a "Stagecoach Sucks" jacket or are they just trying to kill everyone in Auckland?

The latter. Dorkland bus drivers all too often are the pits. In fairness it's a shitty job for crap wages for a ratshit employer. Which doesn't lead to much motivation for the drivers, or a large pool of talent to pick from.

Complaining is quite useless. Their stock response is that they will only take notice of any complaint if it is from the police. Who of course do not want to know because the bus was not speeding.

**WINJA** · 30th December 2005, 09:54

maybe the bus companys should make the drivers pay the excess when their at fault , it might make them drive better

**Swoop** · 30th December 2005, 11:47

Originally Posted by WINJA

maybe the bus companys should make the drivers pay the excess when their at fault , it might make them drive better

What a bloody good idea!

**Waylander** · 30th December 2005, 12:39

Originally Posted by Swoop

What a bloody good idea!

But ofcourse since it is a good idea it will never happen.

**skidMark** · 30th December 2005, 12:48

Originally Posted by Badcat

is it because you are on that half-bike and he can't see you?
... just a thought....

yeah but there had been a car he wouldnt have been able to go out in time to avoid a head on blind corner and he driving down the middle of the road slightly to my side. i see it all the time and i'm sick of them owning the road im just worried they are going to seriously injure or kill a biker someday.

and the corner i had my accident on recently a taxi cut the corner even more do they think it's a private race circuit ill just use both lanes?.

in a way i just see it as lazyness that they don't lookout and use thier own side of the road and not cut corners i mean theres plenty of room i notice cars do it as well occasionally but the buses seem to do it severly very often.

i just don't want to get spread down the road or see somebody else killed because of this irrisponsible driving.
Cheers:MA

**skidMark** · 30th December 2005, 12:51

Originally Posted by Flyingpony

2nd that. It's really hard to spot one of these on the road because the rider is so low that even cyclists are easier to spot. Having no lights and no rego plates makes me wonder why they're even on the road in the first place.

it has full lights indicators and is road registered it doesnt matter if they can't see me they shouldnt be on the wrong side of the road anyway what if a kid is halfway across a road for example and they cut the corner straight into them ... road lines are there and should be respected imo sorry to rant but these drivers are pissing me off.

**skidMark** · 30th December 2005, 13:05

something like this...me green, bus yellow and parked cars blue. crappy drawing i know there is no centreline on this road. but that gives you some idea of what i mean because my origional post ddn't make much sense lol.

i mean he had plenty of room but decided to be more on my side as he turned to the right when he had heaps of space on his left. and nearly ran me over but i went between 2 parked cars luckily.

**ducatilover** · 30th December 2005, 13:55

Originally Posted by Monsterbishi

Get your lights on and a loud exhaust, remove any possibility that they can't see you.

as if mate, i was riding through palmy in a two lane part and i pulled up next to a cage as we were going down the road and my honda has a rather loud exhaust and said person started pulling into my lane when i was right by their passenger window! but i just nailed it in second and it was all gravy

but the buses are fucken scary around welly sometimes

**froggyfrenchman** · 30th December 2005, 16:23

The solution - Buy a goldwing, then youre bigger than them. lol

**Skyryder** · 30th December 2005, 16:37

Don't know about Stagecoach but Redbus here in Christchurch are now employing drivers from Winz. The LTNZ have waved the heavy traffic requirement that was needed before you could get your passanger licence. The result is now you have bus drivers with little experiance and think that they can drive a bus as a car. There is now a general trend in employing immigrants as bus drivers who have little reguard for simple common road courtesy.

I recently heard of a case where an Indian driver took the wrong route and when the passangers told him he was going the wrong way promptly stopped the bus and started to abuse them. This individual was promptly called in for some further training.

Skyryder