M10 bus driver saw I had moved, and held my line, into the right hand side of my lane to get past the three parked cars in my lane, bus proceeded to overtake me anyway with less than 50cm between us. It would’ve taken him 3 seconds to sit behind me until I had passed the cars parked in my lane before he could safely overtaking me. It appears the driver is not aware cyclists are different from cars and come under different laws (busses regularly pass within 50cm of cars due to narrow lane widths but must give 1 metre clearance to cyclists). Complaint and footage lodged with Transport NSW.
Incident type: Bus
There was not a safe place to pull over to let the bus pass, so the driver got dangerously close and blasted their horn at me. That driver ought to learn bicycles have a right to the road and we don’t need to dive off to the side the moment another vehicle approaches us from behind.
Completely unnecessary close pass, bus drivers should know better. 🙁
Lucky was just outside the hospital.
Clear straight road, two lanes and bus still came across too soon and actually came in contact with my right hand that I was holding out waving at the driver. Email sent to owners but no response from Thompson Bus Lines as yet.
Typical behavior for bus and taxi driver to pass a cyclist at close distance
This bus driver came up alongside me and then put his left indicator on, moving left and pushing me into parked cars. I hit the brakes and bailed out. Normally id stop and get his name to report him but I was on my way somewhere