Why does the Council feel the need to enforce bus lanes on Xmas Day?

[Guest makapaka]

So in the so called season of goodwill to all men , the council stick steadfastly to "cos thems the rules" even though there are no busses to hold up ? Surely they could cancel the restrictions on one day a year , or are they really desperate for the revenue ?

 

If the traffic is so light - why did people decide to use bus lanes to speed up their journey?

 

It’s pathetic moaning about it - “it’s christmas...!” Just don’t use the bus lane.

[Cyclone]

We all get that they didn't need to use the bus lanes and made the wrong decision. This isn't a question about the motorists though, see the title of the topic.

 

"Why does the Council feel the need to enforce bus lanes on Xmas Day?"

 

You can't answer that by asking a question about motorists.

[Guest]

It probably costs more money to specifically not enforce something than it does to just keep doing it as if there are no public holidays. Just a guess though. For example they wouldn't be enforced if Christmas Day fell Sat/Sun for most of them, plus they'd probably have to change all the signs to reflect the fact that they weren't enforced on Christmas Day, most people don't even realise many are only enforced at certain times of the day and you get some strange looks driving down them outside these times God help anyone who has to read a short novel about when they are in use as they drive past.

[Guest]

If the traffic is so light - why did people decide to use bus lanes to speed up their journey?

 

It’s pathetic moaning about it - “it’s christmas...!” Just don’t use the bus lane.

 

I agree about bus lanes, the traffic is light on Christmas day so why people would demand to use the bus lane seems strange, but as I said earlier in the thread, bus and tram gates could perhaps do with having the restrictions relaxed on them on Christmas day.

[dave_the_m]

so why people would demand to use the bus lane seems strange

Because drivers are supposed to keep to the left-most lane unless overtaking etc - in fact for dual carriageways, it's a legal requirement. So if the bus lane isn't active, a reasonable driver would be expected to use it, regardless of the lightness of the traffic.

And a driver might reasonably expect that, for example, a peak-hours-only bus lane isn't active on Christmas day.

[Planner1]

And a driver might reasonably expect that, for example, a peak-hours-only bus lane isn't active on Christmas day.

Why would anyone "reasonably" think that when they are signed by time of day and day of week and there is no mention whatsoever of bank holidays or Christmas day.

[dave_the_m]

Why would anyone "reasonably" think that when they are signed by time of day and day of week and there is no mention whatsoever of bank holidays or Christmas day.

Well, the signs don't say anything about entering a bus lane to allow emergency vehicles to pass or to avoid a broken-down vehicle, but we might reasonably assume that there are such implied exceptions.

[Guest makapaka]

We all get that they didn't need to use the bus lanes and made the wrong decision. This isn't a question about the motorists though, see the title of the topic.

 

"Why does the Council feel the need to enforce bus lanes on Xmas Day?"

 

You can't answer that by asking a question about motorists.

 

Ok - it’s a pointless question then.

 

They do - so don’t use them - it won’t really get you anywhere anyway.

[Planner1]

Well, the signs don't say anything about entering a bus lane to allow emergency vehicles to pass or to avoid a broken-down vehicle, but we might reasonably assume that there are such implied exceptions.

 

Clutching at straws aren't you.

 

Those examples are occasions when you can't reasonably avoid entering the lane for a very short distance.

 

On Xmas day you just want to be able to use the lane, but the signing tells you explicitly when you can and can't us the lane.

 

As plenty of others have said, you gain no advantage by using the lane on Xmas day as traffic is light, so why do you even want to.

[willman]

We all get that they didn't need to use the bus lanes and made the wrong decision. This isn't a question about the motorists though, see the title of the topic.

 

"Why does the Council feel the need to enforce bus lanes on Xmas Day?"

You can't answer that by asking a question about motorists.

 

It doesn't.

It just doesn't see why it should not enforce the bus lanes, and rightly so.