How Much Road Capacity is Wasted Due to Poor Driving?

"fbloogyudsr" > wrote
> "Bernard Farquart" > wrote
>> "fbloogyudsr" > wrote
>>> "Bernard Farquart" > wrote
>>>> Rear enders are the fault of the rear vehicle here in WA as well,
>>>> it isn't just you.
>>>
>>> You should add "generally" to the above statement, as there
>>> are circumstances that could make it the fault of the person
>>> in front.
>>>
>>> Floyd (also in WA)
>>
>> Well, perhaps intentionally causing someone to hit your
>> rear, but that is pretty hard to prove, I think.
>
> How about Friday, when a Metro bus almost rear-ended me when I
> had to stop while turning right because a ped was about to step
> into the crosswalk? Bus driver actually had the chutzpah to honk!

Heck if I know what I'm posting here - maybe I was thinking that
bus drivers are so good they never make mistakes?

Floyd

"fbloogyudsr" > wrote in message
...
>> How about Friday, when a Metro bus almost rear-ended me when I
>> had to stop while turning right because a ped was about to step
>> into the crosswalk? Bus driver actually had the chutzpah to honk!
>
> Heck if I know what I'm posting here - maybe I was thinking that
> bus drivers are so good they never make mistakes?

No, I think the "yeild" sticker on the back of the bus
relieves them from looking for a break in traffic, so they
start to feel like they don't have to any defensive driving.

My personal favorite is when a car pulls up next to a bus in
traffic, as the bus has the four way flashers on at a stop. Then
as they sit stopped next to the left side of the bus, the driver
changes from four ways to left turn signal, and pulls out, cutting
them off.

Bernard

Bernard Farquart wrote:
> "fbloogyudsr" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>>How about Friday, when a Metro bus almost rear-ended me when I
>>>had to stop while turning right because a ped was about to step
>>>into the crosswalk? Bus driver actually had the chutzpah to honk!
>>
>>Heck if I know what I'm posting here - maybe I was thinking that
>>bus drivers are so good they never make mistakes?
>
>
> No, I think the "yeild" sticker on the back of the bus
> relieves them from looking for a break in traffic, so they
> start to feel like they don't have to any defensive driving.
>
> My personal favorite is when a car pulls up next to a bus in
> traffic, as the bus has the four way flashers on at a stop. Then
> as they sit stopped next to the left side of the bus, the driver
> changes from four ways to left turn signal, and pulls out, cutting
> them off.
>
> Bernard
>
>

Yup, the bus will run the car right off the road rather than yield.

I still haven't gotten an answer on the driving-around-with-high-beams
on thing. Metro says it's not standard practice and to report any bus
driving with the highs on, but they ALL still do it - but of course who
can get the number of a bus coming at you with high beams on?

nate

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(fbloogyudsr) wrote:

>How about Friday, when a Metro bus
> almost rear-ended me when I had to
> stop while turning right because a ped
> was about to step into the crosswalk?
> Bus driver actually had the chutzpah to
> honk!

Heh, that happened to my hot-headed brother-in-law just last week. I was
riding shotgun with him in the dedicated right turn lane with a Metro
bus that seemed like it was less than a foot behind us. As soon as we
reached the intersection, a pedestrian was about to step off the
sidewalk. After my BIL made a full stop, the bus driver honked at us.
Being the hot-head that my BIL is, he immediately got out of the car,
emphatically pointed at the pedestrian, and gave the bus driver the
double middle finger. I was so impressed by this that I gave him a
high-five!

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:22:25 -0400, Nate Nagel >
wrote:

>I still haven't gotten an answer on the driving-around-with-high-beams
>on thing. Metro says it's not standard practice and to report any bus
>driving with the highs on, but they ALL still do it - but of course who
>can get the number of a bus coming at you with high beams on?

Wait until it passes and then read the number off the back?

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 14:07:18 -0700, (1 Gr8 Fan)
wrote:

(fbloogyudsr) wrote:
>
>>How about Friday, when a Metro bus
>> almost rear-ended me when I had to
>> stop while turning right because a ped
>> was about to step into the crosswalk?
>> Bus driver actually had the chutzpah to
>> honk!
>
>Heh, that happened to my hot-headed brother-in-law just last week. I was
>riding shotgun with him in the dedicated right turn lane with a Metro
>bus that seemed like it was less than a foot behind us. As soon as we
>reached the intersection, a pedestrian was about to step off the
>sidewalk. After my BIL made a full stop, the bus driver honked at us.
>Being the hot-head that my BIL is, he immediately got out of the car,
>emphatically pointed at the pedestrian, and gave the bus driver the
>double middle finger. I was so impressed by this that I gave him a
>high-five!

Speaking of asshole bus drivers...

The uncle of my co-worker got cut off by a bus. He honked, and the bus
driver just flipped him off. He sped ahead, parked his car, and waited
at the bus stop. When the bus pulled up and opened the doors, the
uncle got on, walked up to the driver, busted him in the chops, and
said "THAT's for flipping me off!"

Around 7/4/2005 3:18 PM, Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> Speaking of asshole bus drivers...
>
> The uncle of my co-worker got cut off by a bus. He honked, and the bus
> driver just flipped him off. He sped ahead, parked his car, and waited
> at the bus stop. When the bus pulled up and opened the doors, the
> uncle got on, walked up to the driver, busted him in the chops, and
> said "THAT's for flipping me off!"

Back in present-day America...

As your co-worker's uncle is being dragged away in handcuffs, the
asshole bus driver says back, "And that's for felony assault of a
transit operator!"


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On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 20:41:56 -0700, Garth Almgren >
wrote:

>> The uncle of my co-worker got cut off by a bus. He honked, and the bus
>> driver just flipped him off. He sped ahead, parked his car, and waited
>> at the bus stop. When the bus pulled up and opened the doors, the
>> uncle got on, walked up to the driver, busted him in the chops, and
>> said "THAT's for flipping me off!"
>
>Back in present-day America...
>
>As your co-worker's uncle is being dragged away in handcuffs, the
>asshole bus driver says back, "And that's for felony assault of a
>transit operator!"

How's the unconscious bus driver going to catch the uncle?

Around 7/4/2005 9:57 PM, Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 20:41:56 -0700, Garth Almgren >
> wrote:
>
>
>>>The uncle of my co-worker got cut off by a bus. He honked, and the bus
>>>driver just flipped him off. He sped ahead, parked his car, and waited
>>>at the bus stop. When the bus pulled up and opened the doors, the
>>>uncle got on, walked up to the driver, busted him in the chops, and
>>>said "THAT's for flipping me off!"
>>
>>Back in present-day America...
>>
>>As your co-worker's uncle is being dragged away in handcuffs, the
>>asshole bus driver says back, "And that's for felony assault of a
>>transit operator!"
>
>
> How's the unconscious bus driver going to catch the uncle?

Probably thanks to a member of the Concerned Citizens with Cell Phones
Brigade™ (AKA the "Rat *******s"), who happens to be riding the bus,
calling the police.



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******* | And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant."
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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 20:41:56 -0700, Garth Almgren >
> wrote:
>
> >> The uncle of my co-worker got cut off by a bus. He honked, and the bus
> >> driver just flipped him off. He sped ahead, parked his car, and waited
> >> at the bus stop. When the bus pulled up and opened the doors, the
> >> uncle got on, walked up to the driver, busted him in the chops, and
> >> said "THAT's for flipping me off!"
> >
> >Back in present-day America...
> >
> >As your co-worker's uncle is being dragged away in handcuffs, the
> >asshole bus driver says back, "And that's for felony assault of a
> >transit operator!"
>
> How's the unconscious bus driver going to catch the uncle?
>
Most buses are equipped with two--sometimes three--video cameras and a
digital recording system.

If this story you are telling is actually true--in the present day as
opposed to years in the past--the transit officials can just review the
recordings of that day's events and get a positive ID of who they are
looking for.