Thursday 21 April 2016

Positive Response from Stagecoach

Not the most world-shattering incident.  But troubling at the time...


I've claimed a good spot on the lane I'm in here - I'm approaching a constriction with a traffic island on the left roughly where the bus and cycle lane ends and the road narrows towards a bridge. And, of course, I've selected that spot on the road well in advance of passing the slower cyclist on my left.

The bus driver didn't agree with my decision.

So I tweeted at Stagecoach East and made them aware - and they called me this morning to tell me the driver will receive re-training and go through their disciplinary process. Thats as good a result as I'd have hoped for from this - I'm surprised it went as well as this, and happy about it.

Now if only the taxi companies were paying attention to this...

3 comments:

  1. You should have checked behind you before overtaking the other cyclist nobhead!!!!!!

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    1. I saw the bus. I knew it was there. And I didn't move out into its path, at all. So, go fuck yourself.

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    2. One of the many rules people driving cars (or buses) seem to forget is, don't overtake someone who is *already* overtaking someone. But Cambridge Cyclist moved out first anyway, so that's moot.

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