It’s a few years since I’ve been along there, but if memory serves me right isn’t there a traffic light controlled crossroad a bit further on (Coleman Rd/The Portwey? If so then this doesn’t help as queueing traffic coming from bottom of page can bunch up and create gridlock. Rather than hold back and let some of the oncoming traffic through.
To keep within the law I’d do as Tachograph and one or two others have said. Hold back and give way.
Common sense says if it would help use that short stretch of bus lane.
But then the law and common sense seldom go hand in hand.
I’m a bit confudled as to what ROG is asking , if you need to unload why would you approach using the bus lane i think i’m missing something here. I have just got in from work so that might be way
With situations like that i mount the pavement so cars can still get by with out causing to much of a tail back but that doesn’t work for everyone, depending on what they are deliving. The person who invented side rails for tail lifts needs a medal though.
Can you put a google link on here ROG as i drive to leics quite often and cant picture the bit of road your on about.
EDIT: One road in nottingham the a60 i think, i have to block off both lanes of north bound traffic by stradling both lanes and wait for a ga p in south bound 2 lanes, then block all 4 lanes plus a bus lane to reverse into a drop!!! some car drivers though just dont realise what your about todo and go round you as you swing your back end out
ROG:
Assuming that there is a heavy flow of traffic in both directions and the bus lane is empty.
Trucks have no option but to un/load where the one in the pic is.
To stop either flow of traffic will cause massive tailbacks.
You are approaching from the bottom of the page.
Would you keep the traffic flowing by using the bus lane if it was clear
This is a real life situation that occurs on a regular basis on the A47 Uppingham road (Leicester bound) in the Humberstone area on the outskirts of Leicester city.
If you were to go to the letter of the law(highway code) it states
“Unless otherwise indicated, you SHOULD not drive in a bus lane during its period of operation”
If it was law the wording would be MUST not- therefore no problems- use the bus lane to pass the area that the truck is unloading- thus allowing the traffic to flow
I would use the bus lane to keep things moving, I use them sometimes any way. I was in Bolton a couple of weeks ago and drove a few yards passed the entrance I wanted.I figured the safest way was to reverse up the bus lane about the lenght of the vehicle as the bus lane was clear. The entrance was the opposite side of the road. Put my right hand indicator on to turn in and no one would let me out , of course a bus came along and the driver gave me some abuse as he drove passed.
Mike-C:
How do the goods get across the road from the bus lane side if you where to unload there?
take them across with a pallet truck or push the cages, wouldnt be the first time or the last time ive ran across a road with cages or even up the road with them.
And put your life at risk just so your customer is happy and your boss.To answer the original question,no i wouldn’t stop in the bus lane.If the local council or the customer don’t have loading area’s for you to park safely then the freight goes back end of.It’s not your fault you can’t get it off,so take it back and let your boss worry about it.
ROG:
Assuming that there is a heavy flow of traffic in both directions and the bus lane is empty.
Trucks have no option but to un/load where the one in the pic is.
To stop either flow of traffic will cause massive tailbacks.
You are approaching from the bottom of the page.
Would you keep the traffic flowing by using the bus lane if it was clear
This is a real life situation that occurs on a regular basis on the A47 Uppingham road (Leicester bound) in the Humberstone area on the outskirts of Leicester city.
If you were to go to the letter of the law(highway code) it states
“Unless otherwise indicated, you SHOULD not drive in a bus lane during its period of operation”
If it was law the wording would be MUST not- therefore no problems- use the bus lane to pass the area that the truck is unloading- thus allowing the traffic to flow
Don’t matter on the wording m8.if you drive/park in the bus lane’s during any period of operation then don’t cry when you get booked.
It depends where you are (what part of the country).In London where I do most of my work if you went in to the bus lane for any length of time you get a ticket.There are camera’s everywhere and you’d get nicked.we had a fella at our place pull partly onto a bus lane to let a police car pass and got nicked only his near side wheels were in it when the picture came through it even showed the police car going pass and he never won the appeal either.a nice £60 fine for being abit courtious.
Answer is really easy, if legal to park in bus lane then I’d do so, if not, then assuming it’s legal to park on the opposite lane I’d do that. If there any loading, waiting restrictions then I phone boss for confirmation, it’'s his problem then and he then picks up the tab for any tickets .
I have this situation in Sheffield regularly, Very close to a tlc T-junction with 3 lanes, I have the option of blocking the single lane right outside my drop (legal) or parking in a l/h filter lane opposite (legal) or in a bus stop layby (not so legal). To prevent gridlock I park opposite, it does cause some problems but not as many as blocking the lane. Last week I had a bus driver shouting and blasting his horn going on about the double yellows and pointing to the cop car in front of him, so I pointed to the plate and told him to read the HC, he carried on with his unprofessional behaviour till the cop car in front of him put their blues on, WPC says to me “carry on Drive” and boarded the bus , I guess she only had a few words as they’d all dissapeared by the time I’d finished at the drop.
Drive past the place, Find somewhere safe to park, Then go and talk to the customer and see how HE is going sort out the problem.
Asking him to make a call to a traffic management company will sort it out.
You park as close to where you need to be to do the drop. Don’t worry about the traffic. You drive a large vehicle which is always going to be an inconvienence to someone. If there’s three lanes on that road the traffic will use the bus lane. If not they will just have to wait their turn.
So you are going to park in the bus lane and cross a busy road with pallets or cages??
Let me ask you this…
Do you think the ever so grateful motorists, who realised you have parked in a bus lane on the other side of the road so you dont inconvienence them, will stop to let you cross the road??
Or do you think you will still get the look like you have two heads??
And say you get knocked down? I did once - was wearing a hi-viz vest too!
Do you think you were putting yourself in unneccessary danger?
I can vouch for the impact protection features of the Toyota Corolla tho… It will lift you up on the bonnet without feeling anything and then drop you on the road with a bang! I was quite surprised how gentle it was
, if you need to unload why would you approach using the bus lane 
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