Why?

Ticked

Why are taxis allowed in the bus lane and other commercial drivers are not?

jenheiffer

Ticked wrote: »

Why are taxis allowed in the bus lane and other commercial drivers are not?

Because when people take a taxi they're leaving their car at home, same as when they go by bus.

Hedgehog99

Agree with Jen - Taxis are (an expensive form of) public transport.

Ticked

jenheiffer wrote: »

Because when people take a taxi they're leaving their car at home, same as when they go by bus.

Ok, so if my neighbour leaves his car at home and I give him a lift, I can drive in the bus lane?

Cotta

Ticked wrote: »

Ok, so if my neighbour leaves his car at home and I give him a lift, I can drive in the bus lane?

If you're a registered form of public transport then yes.

warmhands.coldheart

Ticked wrote: »

Ok, so if my neighbour leaves his car at home and I give him a lift, I can drive in the bus lane?

Did they not trial this in a part of England where the bus lane or something could only be used by buses, Taxi's OR people with more than one person in it with the aim to reduce single occupancy car trips thus encouraging car sharing? I believe it had to be scrapped as people resorted to putting mannequins in the front seat to make it look like there were multiple people in the car ! :rotfl:

saverbuyer

Ticked wrote: »

Ok, so if my neighbour leaves his car at home and I give him a lift, I can drive in the bus lane?

They have car share lanes in America. Shame it doesn't apply here.

warmhands.coldheart

PS.
And I wish they would bl00dy well enforce the no driving in Bus Lanes a bit better especially on the Ormeau Road !!
And don't get me started on Urban Clearways.... I think car drivers are their own worst enemies over here. they are terrible for not following the rules of the road.... EG. there is a junction at the Ormeau Bridge on the way into Belfast and at certain times of the day a light comes on on the traffic lights to indicate NO RIGHT TURN... this is consistently ignored by drivers and it then creatres massive tail backs up the Ormeau Road... When they were doing the road works on the Ravenhill Road/Park Lane the DOE even had a HUGE flashy sign saying NO RIGHT TURN... it was ignored too consistently by drivers again causing tailbacks. these people should be fined or get points on their licence. They are a menace !!

saverbuyer

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

PS.
And I wish they would bl00dy well enforce the no driving in Bus Lanes a bit better especially on the Ormeau Road !!
And don't get me started on Urban Clearways.... I think car drivers are their own worst enemies over here. they are terrible for not following the rules of the road.... EG. there is a junction at the Ormeau Bridge on the way into Belfast and at certain times of the day a light comes on on the traffic lights to indicate NO RIGHT TURN... this is consistently ignored by drivers and it then creatres massive tail backs up the Ormeau Road... When they were doing the road works on the Ravenhill Road/Park Lane the DOE even had a HUGE flashy sign saying NO RIGHT TURN... it was ignored too consistently by drivers again causing tailbacks. these people should be fined or get points on their licence. They are a menace !!

Couldn't agree more. +100

Angry_Bear

saverbuyer wrote: »

They have car share lanes in America. Shame it doesn't apply here.

They have a car share lane in Bristol.

qwert_yuiop

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

PS.
And I wish they would bl00dy well enforce the no driving in Bus Lanes a bit better especially on the Ormeau Road !!
And don't get me started on Urban Clearways.... I think car drivers are their own worst enemies over here. they are terrible for not following the rules of the road.... EG. there is a junction at the Ormeau Bridge on the way into Belfast and at certain times of the day a light comes on on the traffic lights to indicate NO RIGHT TURN... this is consistently ignored by drivers and it then creatres massive tail backs up the Ormeau Road... When they were doing the road works on the Ravenhill Road/Park Lane the DOE even had a HUGE flashy sign saying NO RIGHT TURN... it was ignored too consistently by drivers again causing tailbacks. these people should be fined or get points on their licence. They are a menace !!

You are liable to fine and points if you do this. You need a police person there to enforce it though. A camera would do the job.