Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

Passenger being a doozy and forgetting to press the request stop button earlier to let the driver know, that what I was told by one of the driver thought.

Sounds like a bit of an excuse to me. I mean, I'd like to ask that driver what generally happens when buses reach a bus stop?

Best thing to do, ride further out more to prevent the bus from overtaking at all when nearing a bus stop.

Great advice, yes. Think it's sometimes pretty scary to get out there in the lane but being assertive to be seen is the best plan. If you hug the kerb (which I used to do a lot more) you just get ignored.