03-01-2018, 11:19 PM
Has anyone ever seen any statistics on the number of motorists charged under the section 142.1 of the HTA (yielding right of way to buses exiting from bus bays)? The law has been around for a while now, but I don't think I've ever seen or heard of anyone pulled over for this offense.
Anecdotally, it feels to that more and more drivers are not all yielding according to the law, let alone being plain old courteous, and are making unsafe choices. This results in the bus driver taking evasive action to avoid a collision that usually involves slamming on the brakes or accelerating hard to get back in to traffic after unsuccessfully waiting for a gap or someone to yield because they are getting behind schedule. Which then results in a poor experience for the passenger due to the delays and the jerky ride.
Like the SUV driver SB on King at Willis the other day who decided to floor it to beat the bus that was already halfway in to the lane and ended up driving parallel to the bus in the on-coming (NB) lane of King before over-taking the bus just before ducking in front of the bus to avoid smashing in to oncoming traffic (resulting in the bus having to brake hard).
Anecdotally, it feels to that more and more drivers are not all yielding according to the law, let alone being plain old courteous, and are making unsafe choices. This results in the bus driver taking evasive action to avoid a collision that usually involves slamming on the brakes or accelerating hard to get back in to traffic after unsuccessfully waiting for a gap or someone to yield because they are getting behind schedule. Which then results in a poor experience for the passenger due to the delays and the jerky ride.
Like the SUV driver SB on King at Willis the other day who decided to floor it to beat the bus that was already halfway in to the lane and ended up driving parallel to the bus in the on-coming (NB) lane of King before over-taking the bus just before ducking in front of the bus to avoid smashing in to oncoming traffic (resulting in the bus having to brake hard).
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.