Bus Lanes

[TbirdX]

Time to check the BCF knowledge base.

A few times now I've been bowling along the bus lane when it merges into the normal traffic via a set of lights. Presumably when a bus approaches these lights change to let the bus pass. However, when I get there they've always stayed red (at least for as long as I waited for them which was precisely zero seconds)

I just filtered around them into normal traffic and continued on my merry way.

Right, wrong, does anyone give a shit?

[ScaredyCat]

Busses will have a doofer in them to trigger the lights. If you had sat at them waiting, you'd be there a long time. The only thing to do is go round.

The fact that there were lights there though, suggests that perhaps you shouldn't have been using that lane. Did you check it was ok?

inb4 got a fine...
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[Fin]

The lights at the bus lane I usually use is triggered by sensors in the ground, I have to ride over the right part of the road at the right speed for them to pickup, found braking on the right parts of the road would help.

If they don't change after 30 seconds and there are no police behind you then go through or do what you did, probably not right but I'm sure coppers would understand.


edit: I tend to exit the bus lane and join the normal lane now to avoid stopping all the other traffic and having to wait at lights (is a bit of a gamble). bus lane solid line is faded away so no one cares.

[TbirdX]

Cheers for that.

The signs said buses, taxis, pushbike and motorcycles, so all good there.

[-Matt-]

[Mudshark]

[Ben90]

On a bus lane near me there's a traffic light at the end before the merge, but the solid white line is only on the 'normal' lane. Therefore blazing through the 'red' in a bus lane is fine in this case since there is no white line to otherwise illegally cross.

Is this the same case as yours? or are there a set of lights for both the bus lane and normal traffic?

It could be that the lights changed red to stop the normal traffic to let you pass
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[TbirdX]

I think, that there are two sets of lights, when the bus lights are red the normal traffic lights are green and vice versa.

[Commuter_Tim]

[mauzo]

[Ribenapigeon]

Give up on bikes, get a jetpack, problems fucking solved.

[Commuter_Tim]

[Pete.]

[ADSrox0r]

The ones in York are on a pressure sensor under a fairly obvious rectangle before the lights. The Viff's lardy arse easily triggers them but I have noticed that if I'm behind a bus and it triggers one of the short-lit ones, it won't trigger again with me on it so I end up having to go through a red or the bus driver that inevitably ends up behind me gets in a right radge (cool story bro tell it again!)
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[Pete.]

Most sensors are induction-loop so they will be triggered by the mass of the crankshaft or gearbox. For best results stop with your engine over the sensor.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Rogerborg]

[Pete.]

[ADSrox0r]

Ah, so is that what the rectangular tar snake is then?
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[Pete.]

[ADSrox0r]

Learn summert new eh, all these years I thought it was pressure thing
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