Memo to London Buses - ED R/A and bendy buses

[nunhead_man]

Anyone else in the traffic jam this avo (2:30pm ish) when a bendy bus could not get around the Goose Green Roundabout coming from Grove Vale and exiting into Lordship Lane and hit the brickwork on the centre island?

Presume it was the road works that reduced his room for manoeuvre

[KalamityKel]

Tis not just bendy buses that have had issues getting through in recent times. Many large, long lorries like the sainsbury's ones have had to nudge very slowly through.

[Ted Max]

Seriously, are you on a retainer, KKel?

[KalamityKel]

I get about a bit ;-)

[sophiesofa]

Bring on the bendy buses are s**t posts.

I'll start. Bendy buses are s**t i hate them.

[Muley]

I know. I was on one recently and there was a young woman scratching her arse and twittering at the same time. Couldn't believe it!

[absentminded]

I saw an articulated lorry having trouble getting round there a couple of days ago. It ended up driving up onto the wall to get round the roundabout.

[sophiesofa]

Muley Wrote:

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> I know. I was on one recently and there was a

> young woman scratching her arse and twittering at

> the same time. Couldn't believe it!

Heaven forbid such activities. In public too, i hope the person didn't suffer arsearitus.

[HonaloochieB]

absentminded Wrote:

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> I saw an articulated lorry having trouble getting

> round there a couple of days ago. It ended up

> driving up onto the wall to get round the

> roundabout.

I saw an inarticulate lorry attempt the same sort of move today. Then it reversed back while protesting that it didn't ask to be born.

I had no idea it was a teenage lorry.

[sophiesofa]

HonaloochieB Wrote:

inarticulate lorry attempt the same sort

> of move today.

he he

[AuraCaught]

I like bendy buses....

[Nero]

I used to like them - I thought them efficient, modern and clean, but I like them less and less. The suspension is poor and the ventilation worse, which compounds the problem of the strong smell of fuel that is especially strong near the middle of the vehicle. Roll on the Routemaster replacement.

[Jeremy]

I think they're good buses, with lots of standing space inside. Quick/easy to get on and off too. But they're just not suited to London's roads with tight junctions, narrow roads, roundabouts, etc.

[PeckhamRose]

So was it a bus or was it an inarticulated lorry that caused the damage? Who does the council send the bill to to mend the roundabout. Such a shame, I like the roundabout and I like the planting on it.