Bikes in Bus Lanes in London from 5th January 2009

[SoulKiss]

News thats almost a month old, but a quick use of the search didn't turn it up.

Maybe was discussed while I was away and I missed it, but, just in case

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23578218-details/Motorcyclists+to+be+allowed+in+red+route+bus+lanes/article.do

[arcdef]

its a good move, but i think id feel more vulnerable surrounded by double deckers than i would cars, plus having to overtake stopped buses all the time as they dont look they just pull away....still should be good lol

[SoulKiss]

Now we just have to get the cyclists OUT of the bus lanes.

Well its because of slow moving cyclists that buses are forced OUT of the bus lanes themselves.....

hehe :rant:

[wyrdness]

News thats almost a month old, but a quick use of the search didn't turn it up.

Maybe was discussed while I was away and I missed it, but, just in case

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23578218-details/Motorcyclists+to+be+allowed+in+red+route+bus+lanes/article.do

Yes, we did have a thread about it here (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=120322&highlight=good+news+lanes).

[SoulKiss]

I even got a mention in that one I see :)

[Stu]

its a good move, but i think id feel more vulnerable surrounded by double deckers than i would cars, plus having to overtake stopped buses all the time as they dont look they just pull away....still should be good lol
Er? when have you ever seen a bus in a bus lane? :???: Usually they're just empty.

[Sid Squid]

Bikes in Bus Lanes in London from 5th January 2009

Errmmmm... You mean we're not supposed to use them now?

Ooops.

[muffles]

Errmmmm... You mean we're not supposed to use them now?

Ooops.

+1 :D

[Grinch]

There for Buses? I never see a bus in the bus lane, its normally 4 abreast with cycles and a taxi following slowly behind.

[zsv650]

There for Busas? I never see a busa in the busa lane, its normally 4 abreast with cycles and a taxi following slowly behind.
damn i'll have too change bikes :D

[ogden]

Don't we all use buse lanes habitually anyway? The only difference will be that we can sit in the middle of them rather than hugging the thick white line at the edge, a little too close to stationary traffic.

I had a moment this evening: I haven't changed the clock on the GSXR since the clocks went back, so at 6.10pm the clock said it was an hour later. Trundling along between Vauxhall and Battersea I slotted into the 7am-7pm bus lane thinking I was alright. Hope there were no cameras on the stretch in question - I'm on 9 points already and if I get a TT ban for being in a sodding bus lane I really will find that hard to take on the chin.

[muffles]

Don't we all use buse lanes habitually anyway? The only difference will be that we can sit in the middle of them rather than hugging the thick white line at the edge, a little too close to stationary traffic.

I had a moment this evening: I haven't changed the clock on the GSXR since the clocks went back, so at 6.10pm the clock said it was an hour later. Trundling along between Vauxhall and Battersea I slotted into the 7am-7pm bus lane thinking I was alright. Hope there were no cameras on the stretch in question - I'm on 9 points already and if I get a TT ban for being in a sodding bus lane I really will find that hard to take on the chin.

- riding home, odometer thingy showing the clock and

I am pretty certain the bus lane offence is a fine only mate - like a parking ticket.

[pookie]

+1 I got clicked by a camera by stepney in the bus lane and got a fine only a few years back