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Roundabouts and buses
Primord Started conversation May 3, 2002
can someone explain to me, why...
after I have rung the bell to let the driver know I want off at the next stop, on approaching the enormous roundabout seconds before my stop, does the driver speed up and only just stop in time for my stop???
It's such fun being flung from one side of the bus to the other... 
Roundabouts and buses
oblongomaculatus Posted May 3, 2002
The bus driver is playing 'passenger snooker.' The object is to 'pot' you through the emergency exit.
Roundabouts and buses
bighairyman Posted May 3, 2002
On the subject of roundabouts and buses; why do bus drivers feel the need to drive over, or on the wrong side of mini-roundabouts, when there is adequate room to use it in the correct fashion.
A logical solution to passenger snooker is automatic gearboxes that encourage the driver to put his foot down and cross his fingers.
Roundabouts and buses
Primord Posted May 4, 2002
well-that sounds about right to me-but It may have been more "passenger basketball" 'cuz I nearly went up on the luggage rack! 
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