Eastgate can be a tight squeeze for buses!

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Leodian
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Eastgate can be a tight squeeze for buses!

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When I looked at the Victoria Gate webcam site today (Feb 21 2015) this was the scene timed at 14:00. The poor bus driver seems to be having to do a very difficult manoeuvre trying to get the bus away down Eastgate. Good job the lampposts are not closer together!

Seeing how bus drivers manage to squeeze their bus through very narrow gaps on crowded roads such as Vicar Lane near the Markets whilst also avoiding seemingly suicidal pedestrians is impressive. I'm glad I don't have to do it!
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Thanks Leo, I wouldn't want to drive a bus either. However, and I await comment from our bus driver members, it looks like maybe at least one of the drivers shouldn't be driving buses either. It would appear the front of the 3 buses was first to arrive. If the 2nd of the 3 buses was also 2nd to arrive then it is (a) badly angled and (b) compounding it, no chance of pulling away while the first bus remained. If the middle bus was the last to arrive then it appears to have done remarkably well in pulling in but in that case it should probably have pulled up behind what is now the third bus and/or the third bus should have left slightly more room .
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Re: Eastgate can be a tight squeeze for buses!

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Chess on wheels :lol:

Seems to me that the middle bus arrived last and pulled in on an angle therefore causing an obstruction.
The last bus in line, whatever the circumstances, should NOT have ridden the high kerb and central reservation. :P Written Warning from Traffic Commissioner. :o
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