Mike you should send that into BC Transit.

Reminds me of my days in Vancouver. Busses would regularly give a short double honk as they were approaching an intersection and were running the red light.

Could it be that some of the new drivers behind the wheel of our buses are used to driving in other cities where this sort of behaviour isn't frowned upon or just expected due to traffic volume?

This bus, btw, had no vehicle behind it. The driver had no reason not to stop and in fact the bus had pulled into the stop in front of Atlas Audio but immediately pulled back out (in other words, it was traveling at a slow rate of speed to begin with). There were no passengers waiting at that stop so either the driver just jumped the gun and pulled in or someone had rung the bell then asked to cancel the stop. In any event nothing about this incident suggested that the driver was forced to run the red.

Another thing taht buses do that pisses me off i swhen they merge into traffic from the curb.
Sure it is the law to yield them but only if you are behind them and can see their taillights and their turn signal on.
Too many of this idiots attempt to merge in to the side of cars and use Their bus as a huge weapon. They are arrogant.
the law about giving the bus the right of way when pulling away for the curb is only valid on streets with a speed limit of 60kmh or less but I see these cowboys pulling this merge crap on the highways too.
Last year I was driving a Prevost Highway coach up the Pat Bay at 90kmh with 53 people on board when a BC Transit bus pulled into the highway from a bus stop at Haliburton like he was the only one on the highway.

I considered shoving his deisel engine into the back of his head but decided that I wanted to get a tip from my passengers so I did an evasive lane change instead and got them to Whistler on time.

you should post that red light bus on BC Transit Facebook page or start a dedicated thread for Bc Transit driving infrations where poeple can post pics and vids there with such inormation as date time and bus unit number.


Public shaming should be the order of the day. But it only works if one includes teh above info so they can track down the operator.

You know, I assumed my camera would have recorded the number on the side of the bus but unfortunately the resolution is not good enough and the wide angle makes objects appear further than they are. I do have images of the ads on the driver side and rear of the bus which would narrow down the exact bus, I'm sure.

We can consider having a separate thread for BC Transit infractions but let's see how much traction this gets in this thread. Certainly we should make BC Transit aware of this but let's not start raising pitchforks just yet ;)

Quote: You know, I assumed my camera would have recorded the number on the side of the bus but unfortunately the resolution is not good enough and the wide angle makes objects appear further than they are. I do have images of the ads on the driver side and rear of the bus which would narrow down the exact bus, I'm sure.