The usual form is to pass me while gesturing toward the bike lane. Sometimes accompanied by honking, but not always. As I say, not illegal or particularly dangerous, but I am fed up to here with that attitude. What do they think the funny little icon with two circles on the bus lane sign *means*, anyway?
One bus driver a while ago, having had to suffer the indignity of slowing down to 20mph while he waited 10s for the one car in the non-bus lane to pass so he could overtake me, kept his eye on me in the side mirror and, further down the road after the bus lane had ended and there was just an on-road cycle lane, pulled his (stationary b/c of traffic) bus over into the cycle lane to block my way. Unfortunately he chose a section of lane that had two dropped curbs from the sidewalk about 2m apart, one on each side of the corner of his bus. Up, down, and I was around him without pausing. I was too cheered by his incompetence to stop and take his number.
Today's taxi driver didn't even have to change lanes to pass me in the bus lane, and didn't particularly crowd me, but still felt this need to non-verbally "inform" me that I don't belong on the road.
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rosecarmine
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Date: 2008-04-03 05:57 pm (UTC)One bus driver a while ago, having had to suffer the indignity of slowing down to 20mph while he waited 10s for the one car in the non-bus lane to pass so he could overtake me, kept his eye on me in the side mirror and, further down the road after the bus lane had ended and there was just an on-road cycle lane, pulled his (stationary b/c of traffic) bus over into the cycle lane to block my way. Unfortunately he chose a section of lane that had two dropped curbs from the sidewalk about 2m apart, one on each side of the corner of his bus. Up, down, and I was around him without pausing. I was too cheered by his incompetence to stop and take his number.
Today's taxi driver didn't even have to change lanes to pass me in the bus lane, and didn't particularly crowd me, but still felt this need to non-verbally "inform" me that I don't belong on the road.