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I actually find bus drivers to generally be pretty cool. Sounds like this guy needs reporting though, he might think twice about losing his rag next time. Also, did you ball the guy out, or point out reasonably that he put you in danger? In situations like this I try to leave the motorist feeling a bit more love towards cyclists rather than winding them up - they're less likely to be gunning for the next cyclist they come across?
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I agree, most are pretty good, Stagecoach ones are anyway. Some of those other bus drivers for the small companies that only go down Wilmslow/Oxford Rd are shocking though.
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Yesterday I'd have said they're not too bad but I had a stupid bastard try and overtake me and almost run me into some parked cars in Rusholme this mornig - it's a bloody good job I can sprint when I need to.It's Finglands you've got t watch out for fella - something to do with unregulated drivers and the like makes them worth avoiding.
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+1 Finglands are a pain in the ass...
me and morgan had a Finglands guy pull across into us when we halfway down the bus, when i told him he need to look in his inside mirror before pulling across he said that i shouldn't have been there, then when i pointed out the cycle lane he just closed his window....
2 minutes earlier we'd seen a bus pull past 2 cyclists only to suddenly swing left into the Finglands depot in front of them causing them to slam on their brakes to avoid the bus....
Stagecoach buses however generally seem to be better driven...
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at least these lot aren't on Oxford Rd anymore...:
Martin, a sign writer, was in the basket of a cherry picker when it was hit by a UK North bus on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme. Martin was killed when he was thrown out of the cabin and under the wheels of the double decker bus.
The inquest was to be held at Manchester Coroner’s Court.
The UK North depot was examined three days after the incident and concerns were raised over the safety of the vehicles and the amount of training the drivers had received. This led to a public hearing in December 2006 where North West traffic commissioner Beverley Bell expressed concern over the safety of the firm's Polish drivers.
The hearing was told that 100 of the 130 drivers at UK North were Polish and that many had a poor understanding of English. During the hearing Ms Bell, an independent regulator for the passenger transport industry, claimed she was not convinced the drivers had been properly trained. She made the ruling after spending time weighing up the evidence. The bus companies were allowed to appeal her decision.
In January 2007 UK North and GM Buses, which share the same owner, were ordered to stop operating permanently. Both firms had their licences revoked for financial reasons and UK North went into administration. Investigations by the Traffic Commissioner into the safety of buses and driver training continued.
In July 2008 Vincenzo Casale, managing director of Gorton-based GM buses and UK North, and his transport manager David Ellis were both jailed at Manchester Crown Court for 15 months for lying to an inquiry, triggered by Martin's death, held by the Traffic Commissioner.
The Court heard how the pair presented a web of lies to the inquiry over the number of hours their drivers worked. They provided fake spreadsheets and deleted databases in a bid to cover their tracks.
The investigators found that the Polish driver of the vehicle involved in the collision which killed Martin had been working for 19 consecutive days - six more than the legal limit. They also uncovered that one driver had been working for 31 days without a 24-hour break.
The inquiry found that many drivers were going without training. The firm had undergone a huge expansion in 2005 and employed high numbers of Polish drivers. Double decker buses are not seen in Poland and most had not driven one before.
Sentencing the pair Judge Martin Steiger, QC, said they should bear 'moral responsibility' for Martin's death. He described their dishonesty as 'extremely serious'. He said that although the driver's long hours could not be pinpointed as the cause of Martin's death, the fact he had been working for 19 consecutive days remained. He described their trickery as 'a deliberate attempt to mislead a public official.'
Casale, was banned from becoming a company director for 10 years. Ellis received the same ban for five years.
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i only ride down Wilmslow/Oxford Rd so maybe thats why im having a bad experience with them
think the kill switch is abit much i can imagine getting done for it, like the gun idea though there is no way anything bad could come of that...If I was going that way regularly, I'd probably head down Birchfields/Anson/Upper Brook St into town, very few buses on that route, and no probs with cars trying to park/pull out in the curry mile.
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why are all bus drivers such twats, i know it must be anoying sat in traffic all day but they shouldnt take it out on everyone else, a guy this morning would have ran me in to the curb/roadworks if i hadnt stopped and then whan i said what was all that about he went mental started shouting about bike lanes and the tried to grab me out of his window, i closed his window for him and he said next time he see's me he will kill me! stupid bus drivers