tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post8356434861752755503..comments2024-03-29T08:14:43.839+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: The Pale Pond and the Expensive Stop Flop (2)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-36117509278999503202016-07-20T13:08:17.876+01:002016-07-20T13:08:17.876+01:00Quite right that a professional should pay more at...Quite right that a professional should pay more attention than a blog writer. But when the criticism is at its most strident, there are times when you feel like telling the medical practitioner to self-prescribe...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-76815040230683294582016-07-20T10:10:36.147+01:002016-07-20T10:10:36.147+01:00Not at all - when you devote a blog to pedantry yo...Not at all - when you devote a blog to pedantry you must be whiter than white (if you pardon the pun)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-79408489328325384682016-07-19T15:06:05.541+01:002016-07-19T15:06:05.541+01:00In agree entirely with the last Anonymous' str...In agree entirely with the last Anonymous' strictures on accuracy of speling etc.. Were I (a) a professional public transport worker, and (b) if I didn't have a few other things to fill my day and (c) if I were being PAID; then I might have more time to proof reed.<br /><br />To keep the blog "fresh" I often need to compose at the last minute. It is not easy.<br /><br />But, honest, I will keep tryingfatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-64073012378763527392016-07-19T14:25:19.515+01:002016-07-19T14:25:19.515+01:00I believe there has been a review of bus stop safe...I believe there has been a review of bus stop safety throughout West Sussex (and presumably B&H too), with a number of stops suspended for similar reasons. Is it not advice that if you stop on the hard shoulder you should build up speed before pulling onto the carriageway? Yet buses, much heavier and slower on the uptake, are expected to dart (no pun intended) out from a standing start with little more than luck on their side.<br /><br />In regard to being critical of FBB, considering the blog has a heavy line in highlighting the errors of others, often really quite bluntly, there really should be more effort to make sure his own text is correct. There are numerous spelling errors in most blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-84736057832634761982016-07-19T12:38:43.025+01:002016-07-19T12:38:43.025+01:00The southbound stop on the A3 at RHS Wisley Garden...The southbound stop on the A3 at RHS Wisley Gardens is similarly 'a bit lively', requiring Abellio's 515s towards Guildford to pull out of a layby onto the 70mph(+!) road from a standing start: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.311385,-0.4668992,3a,48.6y,223.98h,85.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stlYhw8drzt98RFHqst91oQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656<br />It's still in use though. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-85468624635655632632016-07-19T10:37:44.875+01:002016-07-19T10:37:44.875+01:00Similar sort of thing exists at Cooper Dean, Bourn...Similar sort of thing exists at Cooper Dean, Bournemouth. A slip was installed from A3060 to A338 to reduce congestion.It seems likely that no one thought to ask, so buses needing to turn right coming from the other direction on said A3060 cannot saely reach the layby on the A338.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-20292407594946140542016-07-19T10:26:05.398+01:002016-07-19T10:26:05.398+01:00Need we be so critical? As a fellow oldies, I know...Need we be so critical? As a fellow oldies, I know how easy it is to make fbb's sort of mistakecold headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773703954322550157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-329383208968933062016-07-19T09:16:52.124+01:002016-07-19T09:16:52.124+01:00Shades of Ecclesall/Eccleshall. The ever useful ht...Shades of Ecclesall/Eccleshall. The ever useful http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=B5123 reveals that the B5123 road number has been used twice, both times in North Wales, but never in East Sussex. Brighton & Mold, anyone?Shieldsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197794322283545552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-2376305515558458812016-07-19T08:20:28.400+01:002016-07-19T08:20:28.400+01:00Sorry about the bendibus bludner. I was jumping to...Sorry about the bendibus bludner. I was jumping to conclusions based on the dates on Google Streetview. I have corrected the blog.fatbusblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-59602449431153486532016-07-19T07:55:10.069+01:002016-07-19T07:55:10.069+01:00There were plenty of them on the 25 and 25X last w...There were plenty of them on the 25 and 25X last week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-65689285704853779712016-07-19T07:25:17.506+01:002016-07-19T07:25:17.506+01:00Has anyone told B&H that their bendybuses have...Has anyone told B&H that their bendybuses have been 'withdrawn'? They will be surprised!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-17511996184078478222016-07-19T07:17:19.088+01:002016-07-19T07:17:19.088+01:00Not "Impasse" at all, but a "make t...Not "Impasse" at all, but a "make the best of a bad job" solution.<br /><br />I'd just make the point (from the view of a bus driver) that car drivers' behaviour has deteriorated so much over the past 10 years or so that bus laybys may be great for picking passengers up away from the flow of traffic, but they are the stuff of nightmares for bus drivers.<br /><br />The Highway Code "requests" drivers to allow buses to pull out from laybys, but it is not mandatory to do so. In practice, car (and lorry) drivers will not let a slow moving vehicle pull out. Many modern buses have no acceleration available to speed away from trouble (Euro 6 engines aren't built to do that), so the bus will wait for minutes and minutes until there is a gap in traffic so they can pull out safely.<br /><br />Looking at the images above, I'd say that the geometry of the layby has been subtly adjusted to allow a smoother ingress to the stop so that the bus may position perfectly alongside the kerb, but at the expense of the exit profile.<br /><br />There are several instances around the country where bus stops have been closed for just the same reason.<br /><br />Given an acceleration lane, there would be more chance of merging with fast-moving traffic safely, but as things stand . . . . greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.com