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Slightly derailing the thread but the one thing that annoys me more than anything about black cabs using bus lanes is when they are obviously on the way to or from work and not actually at work either with a fare or plying for trade.
My journey into London generally finishes in SE16 and, of all the cabs that pass me in bus lanes, probably 90% are empty and with the 'Taxi' light off. By the same token should bus drivers be allowed to drive their private cars in bus lanes to and from work?
I can see an increase in road rage if minicabs in general are allowed to use bus lanes as all drivers will see in their mirrors is a private car queue jumping and I've seen many a driver swerve in on such instances. These will eventually lead to 'colateral damage' possibly taking out an innocent cyclist.