On my commute this morning, a bus by clapham common tube started to pull out, basically bumping into a female nodder, she was rightly angry and conveyed this to the driver, who said that it's "the queens highway" and you shouldn't be overtaking indicating vehicles... is this bullshit?
At the time I was quite annoyed and conveyed this to the driver, but got less annoyed as I got further away from him... must be very annoying knowing the laws like that and every other fucker not caring...
Wish I'd taken his bus number but was late for work...
While I can't really work out how exactly this scenario played out, yes, what the bus driver said was basically nonsense--there is no firm requirement on a cyclist to let a bus pull out (although it's nice to allow it to do that). Most likely, the cyclist was too close alongside the bus, and while the driver should have seen her, didn't see her. In any case, it doesn't sound like a very dangerous situation. Did she fall off her bike?
NB every cyclist should know their Highway Code, if only to be able to be firmly unimpressed by people conveying their own faulty interpretation of it.
While I can't really work out how exactly this scenario played out, yes, what the bus driver said was basically nonsense--there is no firm requirement on a cyclist to let a bus pull out (although it's nice to allow it to do that). Most likely, the cyclist was too close alongside the bus, and while the driver should have seen her, didn't see her. In any case, it doesn't sound like a very dangerous situation. Did she fall off her bike?
NB every cyclist should know their Highway Code, if only to be able to be firmly unimpressed by people conveying their own faulty interpretation of it.