Pulled in the bus lane

faceman

vektarman wrote: »

From a safty point of view 50cc mopeds should be allowed to use bus lanes, every day I witness mopeds with a max speed of 50KPH using the chapelizod bypass which has a speed limit of 80KPH so what happens is impatient car drivers drive up behind them blowing their horn to get the moped to move over (this is the slow lane), if the moped moves to the side of the slow lane they have taxis driving at 80KPH inside them in the bus lane and the mopeds are sandwiched by cars on both sides, surely a case for the law to be relaxed.

There are no slow lanes in ireland with the exception of some dotting around the country for trucks on hills.

Re the Chapelizod bypass, its 2 lanes plus a bus lane each way??

vektarman

faceman wrote: »

There are no slow lanes in ireland with the exception of some dotting around the country for trucks on hills.

Re the Chapelizod bypass, its 2 lanes plus a bus lane each way??

Mmmm
perhaps I overelaboarated, my point is there are three lanes (each way, for pedantic posters) with a speed limit of 80kph, imo mopeds with a top speed of 50Kph should be allowed to use the least used lane i.e. the bus lane.

Hotblack Desiato

vektarman wrote: »

Mmmm
perhaps I overelaboarated, my point is there are three lanes (each way, for pedantic posters) with a speed limit of 80kph, imo mopeds with a top speed of 50Kph should be allowed to use the least used lane i.e. the bus lane.

Why should buses with maybe 80 passengers on board be held up, so that single-occupant cars can go faster? It makes no sense from the traffic management point of view. Or the safety point of view, I'd rather have a car up my butt than a bus...

lord lucan

ninja900 wrote: »

Why should buses with maybe 80 passengers on board be held up, so that single-occupant cars can go faster? It makes no sense from the traffic management point of view. Or the safety point of view, I'd rather have a car up my butt than a bus...

too true. and i'll be the first to admit i've come over all wobbly in the past when i've had a bus up my hole,it can be very un-nerving and i'm sure there's plenty of sadistic bus drivers out there who'd love nothing more than to put the frightners on some poor unsuspecting biker.

markpb

As both a bus user and cyclist, I can't fathom any reason why you guys aren't allowed use bus lanes. I can understand the restriction on cycle lanes but personally I have no problem with you using those either as long as you're courteous (and I've never met a biker in Dublin who wasn't). I guess it's in the law and it's not a major issue so no-one will bother to change it because there's no votes to be won by doing that.

faceman

markpb wrote: »

As both a bus user and cyclist, I can't fathom any reason why you guys aren't allowed use bus lanes. I can understand the restriction on cycle lanes but personally I have no problem with you using those either as long as you're courteous (and I've never met a biker in Dublin who wasn't). I guess it's in the law and it's not a major issue so no-one will bother to change it because there's no votes to be won by doing that.

Its nice to hear from a cyclist that isnt up in arms with bikers

Hotblack Desiato

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0612/roads.html

Gardaí say a new road safety initiative, Operation Safeguard, will take place from tomorrow until Wednesday.

They say that all facets of road traffic legislation will be comprehensively enforced, including targeting provisional licence holders who are driving unaccompanied.

Other offences to be targeted include not having a driving licence.
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Vehicle insurance, road tax, NCT, tyres and registration plates will be checked as well as the use of seat belts and child restraints, driving while using a mobile phone and while intoxicated.

This means lots of Templemore graduates and non-traffic corps Gardai out doing traffic duty. Expect hassle in bus lanes, and to be asked where your insurance and NCT discs are :rolleyes:

lord lucan

rather than start another thread i'll direct you guys to this one in commuting and transport:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055351830

have your say!

Duzzie

lord lucan wrote: »

rather than start another thread i'll direct you guys to this one in commuting and transport:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055351830

have your say!

Added my 2 cents

robinph

ninja900 wrote: »

Why should buses with maybe 80 passengers on board be held up, so that single-occupant cars can go faster? It makes no sense from the traffic management point of view. Or the safety point of view, I'd rather have a car up my butt than a bus...

Well if the other lanes are moving at speed then the bus should over take on the right the same as if it were a cyclist in the bus lane they wanted to get past, when the traffic is queued up and mostly stationary though the bus will usually not be able to even keep up with the 50cc due to cars/ lorries overlapping the lane markings and blocking the buses way.

The only busses that ever cause me any problem with driving too close behind are the Bus Eireann ones, I never have any trouble from Dublin Bus or other operators trying to run me off the road.

egan007

I think the answer is obvious, Little man syndrome. He had little else to be doing.