Did You Know… Bendy Buses Can’t Reverse

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You may think that the fact that our city’s bendy buses can’t reverse isn’t too much of a problem, it’s the going forward bit that we’re interested in. It isn’t a problem really, until one attempts an overambitious right turn and hits a bus stop. We’ll let the pictures do the talking, but the result is basically the longest public transport traffic jam ever, a police presence akin to a riot response and smug looks on the faces of cyclists. Unfortunately, we don’t know how the situation was resolved, your guess is as good as ours.

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This debacle took place on Rosebery Avenue in EC1, pictures thanks to Peter Kail.

  • james

    HAHAHAH take that el bendo!

    That will teach you for attempting to kill me on my bike at every available opportunity.

  • echo

    “smug cyclists?” no never…..?!!

  • Aidan

    debacle, not debarcle.

  • Ben

    Thanks!

  • Sam

    This happened a couple of weeks ago at the height of the evening rush hour. I was on the bus in the second picture and although I didn’t stick around to find out how it was resolved I can confirm that there were a lot of people (cyclists included) sniggering and rolling their eyes as they walked past.

  • islipaway

    That’s rubbish, I work in a bus depot and part of my job, as shite as it is, is to reverse these bendy-buses. They are utterly appalling though and break down all the time.