bus lane restrictions

[prendi]

Hi I am wondering if there are any driving instructors out there who could tell me when you are allowed to drive in a bus lane.I kept out of it tonight at 7pm,but people were undertaking me on the left as they wer using the bus lane,who was in the right?thanx

[factor-fiction]

It depends on what the signs say. Most i see have restrictions only at certain times

[prendi]

all i have ever seen is a piccy of a bus and a taxi,no times

[boxtops]

Have look at rule 120 down the page on this link here - the signs must say when the restrictions apply.

http://www.ukmotorists.com/highway%20code6.asp

[Buenchico]

Even more examples here:
http://www.dft.gov.uk...altrans_612651-54.jpg

Chris

[ayabrea38]

It amazes me the amount of people who think they are driving a bus!Lack of paying attention seems to be the main culprit and would be genuinely surprised if you pulled them up about it.By the way bus lane restrictions are 7am to 7 pm where I live-Cheshire.

[ojread2]

Just read the signs to see when you can and cannot use a bus lane and a driving instructor can't help you with that - in fact there is one on here (well they said they were) who didn't know how to tell a dual carriageway from a single track road!
Where I used to love there were restrictions only during peak times, so during the daytime you could use the bus lane (and of course at night)
Where I live now, we have just one bus lane along a nasty stretch of road that has massive hold ups in rush hour and it is a bus lane 24 hours with cameras

[carmalee]

I assume the restrictions on when you used to love were to save commuters blushes

[carmalee]

ojread2 -above post is for you. Great typo!

[ojread2]

hahaha - I corrected one love =p

[north star]

a 'bus lane' is only a 'bus lane' during proscribed hours, outside of these hours it is called 'road'