blinking mad bus drivers

Anthillmob

i had a mare today going to meet my mate.

was on the bus going to croydon and the driver took a corner really fast, i lost my grip on the buggy and it tipped back. the force of it falling made the mechanism open that fold the buggy and it almost folded with charlie inside it. i shouted at the driver to stop the bus and a woman kindly helped me (i was in a right state, almost in tears and shaking like a leaf). got the buggy upright and no nose from charlie (she had been asleep). thankfully she remained asleep and no harm had been done. i dread to think what would have happened if she hadnt been securly strapped in. ive seen a kid get a bloody nose once because she fell out of a buggy on a bus because mum hadnt strapped her in.

the driver apologised and i didnt think to get his name or badge number as i was in such a state so i cant really report it.

my gripe is that the 157 route drivers are notorious for driving too fast. how would i go about reportin it now?

mishkanorman

Normally the drivers number is on the ticket, if not just the route and a description should do.


mishka

Anthillmob

ive got a freedom pass so dont have a ticket.

does anyone know where the 157 runs from (bus depot?)? i might email them. i have the time i got off the busso that might help.

jayne26

i used to be a driver , god awful job.........i used to race to speed humps hopping every ones shopping would come out all over the place. underpaid. bad hours and missirible customers each and every day . used to pull up at bus stops and wish i could machine gun each and everone at the stop especialy school kids, best day of life the day i left , cryed with happyness all the way home. could hardly see ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :rotfl: still have nightmeres 5 years later that i am back working there , ill go to iraq before doing that again

crossleydd42

Sorry to here about your misfortune.

157's go, I think, from Merton Garage. Look at another 157 and if it says AL on the aluminium plate by the front side window, it is. If it's an A, it's Sutton.

You bring back memories of my life at Morden, where I lived until I was 18 (in 1956). Lived in Westcroft Gardens, off Martin Way. So the 157 was my local route. Have a feeling it doesn't go through from Morden to Raynes Park any more, though. In those days it only went to Wallington, too. Now I think it goes to Crystal Palace.

Kazza242

Anthillmob wrote:

my gripe is that the 157 route drivers are notorious for driving too fast. how would i go about reportin it now?

Hi, gosh what a horrible experience! I've been on a bus where the driver was daydreaming and nearly drove into the back of a heavy goods lorry! Passengers were flung forwards out of their seats. One, was a newborn baby, in a car seat. Her mum was sitting near the back of the bus, the car seat, with baby strapped in, ended up at the front of the bus, just outside the drivers cab! One little boy ended up with a bloody nose, as his head was launched forward into the hand rail when the driver stopped the bus abruptly to avoid hitting the lorry.

As the route 157, falls under London Buses, you can contact London Buses Customer Services at:

84 Eccleston Square,
London SW1V 1PX

Writing a letter to them is usually the best means of making a complaint.

Here's a link to their complaints policy (PDF)
They also provide an alternative London Buses Customer Services address:

172 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 9TN

Here's a link to the Contact Us page on the Transport For London website, which lists other means of contacting London Buses' Customer Services.

KathrynPenguin

Busses are allowed to drive too fast. There is a bus that runs (empty) down my mums road round the roundabout at the bottom and back up the road then off to its first stop (somewhere else where it can't turn round). Mums road is a bus route and always has been, big double deckers going up and down there for years. This "turning bus" has only been going up and down for a couple of years and because it is empty of passengers goes at speed (way over the limit IMHO). The council in their wisdom have moved the bollards at the top of the road back by about 15 ft so that this bus doesn't have to slow down to get round the corner!

Anthillmob

crossleydd42 wrote:

Sorry to here about your misfortune.

157's go, I think, from Merton Garage. Look at another 157 and if it says AL on the aluminium plate by the front side window, it is. If it's an A, it's Sutton.

You bring back memories of my life at Morden, where I lived until I was 18 (in 1956). Lived in Westcroft Gardens, off Martin Way. So the 157 was my local route. Have a feeling it doesn't go through from Morden to Raynes Park any more, though. In those days it only went to Wallington, too. Now I think it goes to Crystal Palace.

blimey! i lived in westcroft gardens too! pm coming your way...

hollydays

Why are their such a high proportion of rude bus drivers-dont think janes story excuses it.

LondonDiva

Sorry to hear about your experience. Were the brakes on?

tomstickland

i used to be a driver , god awful job.........i used to race to speed humps hopping every ones shopping would come out all over the place

LOL, that made me smile!