Last week I needed to get home at a reasonable time; and I quickly remembered why I wait until after 6pm (apart from the work!).
Small buses in the bus lane 5.44pm ...
My journey home brings me down Ilkeston Road, where between 4pm and 6pm there is a bus lane. It was put there a few years ago by the Council who announced they were installing ‘new lanes’. This was the pinnacle of spin as they didn’t knock any buildings down to widen the road, they removed a car lane to make the ‘additional new lane”….
It seems that Nottingham has redefined the ‘bus’ as whilst I queued at least 50 ‘buses’ passed me in the bus lane. There were some well known makes – Land Rover, Audi, Toyota, BMW’s, Ford, Vauxhall. Some of these buses seem a little small – often with only one passenger. All have a driver with a similar look – pious,invisible and blinkered! When you were a child you really did think that if you couldn’t see someone they clearly couldn’t see you? They never look around!
My confession is that I am not a great fan of buses; they don’t go where I want to go, or when I want to go. But this week I saw several real buses queuing behind a row of cars! I do accept that the bus lanes makes travel by buses more attractive.
I try to avoid road rage, but this blatant law breaking is very irritating! I do hope that all buses will have cameras and these law breakers fined! I am not sure why I have to queue patiently (the price for not using public transport?) and others don’t think they should.
I am reverting back to leaving after 6pm. Then I drive in the bus lanes and frequently suffer abuse from people who tell me I shouldn’t be in the bus lane….
UPDATE 4.3.10
It seems that someone might have been listening. I noticed this week that a camera has been surreptitiously placed watching the lane. Ordinarily I am opposed to stealth tactics – but here I hope all those little buses get caught. The camera is not easily seen…
