Do SCP's turn a blind eye to buses?
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Has anyone ever heard of a bus driver being zapped by a Speed Camera Partnership (whilst driving a bus obviously) ?
I follow a bus most mornings heading out of town along a 30 mph road that's quite heavily scammed. Most car drivers know where the scam van sits and drive at bang on 30 along that stretch. It's a wide road with very wide verges both sides, natural speed would be around 40/45. I guess many drivers have been done for 36 hence the way alot stick to 30 here.
Anyway, following the bus seems to be the safest option, because it usually does around 38 to 42 GPS speed, which made me wonder whether SCP's deliberately overlook any buses they catch above 35?
Don't car hating bus companies help finance the likes of Transport 2000 and Brake?
Maybe they help the SCP's too? They let them use their bus stops for scamming from, and let them advertise on the backs of their buses, and in exchange their drivers don't get zapped?
(ps. is PH really slow at loading every page, or is it just my pc?)
I follow a bus most mornings heading out of town along a 30 mph road that's quite heavily scammed. Most car drivers know where the scam van sits and drive at bang on 30 along that stretch. It's a wide road with very wide verges both sides, natural speed would be around 40/45. I guess many drivers have been done for 36 hence the way alot stick to 30 here.
Anyway, following the bus seems to be the safest option, because it usually does around 38 to 42 GPS speed, which made me wonder whether SCP's deliberately overlook any buses they catch above 35?
Don't car hating bus companies help finance the likes of Transport 2000 and Brake?
Maybe they help the SCP's too? They let them use their bus stops for scamming from, and let them advertise on the backs of their buses, and in exchange their drivers don't get zapped?
(ps. is PH really slow at loading every page, or is it just my pc?)
Edited by deeps on Tuesday 15th January 20:45
I think this is a good question because it's a general problem. I also see buses rushing through built-up areas, either gaining on me or pulling away from me as I do no more than 30 (on GPS, not speedo).
They may of course be running late, but that wouldn't be a reason I could use if I were caught in my car.
Since a bus weighs 4x what a car does, the effect of a crash with a bus would be much more damaging. Also, bus passengers don't have seatbelts and there are many hard edges inside a bus. It's therefore even more important that buses are driven carefully and in accordance with speed limits.
I would therefore be very concerned if I thought buses were exempt from being caught speeding.
They may of course be running late, but that wouldn't be a reason I could use if I were caught in my car.
Since a bus weighs 4x what a car does, the effect of a crash with a bus would be much more damaging. Also, bus passengers don't have seatbelts and there are many hard edges inside a bus. It's therefore even more important that buses are driven carefully and in accordance with speed limits.
I would therefore be very concerned if I thought buses were exempt from being caught speeding.
tigger1 said:
Peter Ward said:
I would therefore be very concerned if I thought buses were exempt from being caught speeding.
+1 
There's a few stretches of road in Nottingham where buses in the bus lane will pass free-flowing traffic in excess of the speed limit. Not good.
I would not be at all surprised if SCPs turn a blind eye.
I would be amazed if a SCP 'turned a blind eye' to buses. They are involved in a huge number of serious collisions!
It simply doesn't work like that - if they are over they are going to get done ..... you won't hear about it because the bus companies certainly won't want to advertise the fact their drivers have been done !
It simply doesn't work like that - if they are over they are going to get done ..... you won't hear about it because the bus companies certainly won't want to advertise the fact their drivers have been done !
John57 said:
I would be amazed if a SCP 'turned a blind eye' to buses. They are involved in a huge number of serious collisions!
Indeed. BUT HMG wants us all to use them. Can't do that if they are getting nicked the whole time, and they will get nicked a lot because to stick to timetables I have no doubt they speed a lot.Bear in mind how many people seem to be killed by buses, bendy and otherwise, yet I don't see HMG harping on about it...
I've little wonder they are involved in collisions, they appear to be driven by Stevie Wonder (or is it the old favorite, I'm bigger than you, so I have right of way)...
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