r/Traffic • u/ThinkingBud • 39m ago
Ranting & Venting Bus driver almost hit me and then got upset
I go through the same roundabout every day on my way home. Today, I came up to the roundabout, stopped to yield to the 2 cars that were already in it, then entered when I saw there were no other cars coming.
Up ahead at the next entry there was a bus stopped waiting to enter, and after the car in front of me passed it, the bus tried to enter the roundabout, almost causing a collision with my car since I was fully in the roundabout and already going around. I stopped, luckily the car behind me was far enough that it didn’t rear end me, the bus stopped too and then I kept going and exited the roundabout. I looked in the rear view mirror and could see the bus driver throwing his hands up in frustration and confusion.
It really pissed me off because these are driving rules that I learned when I was 15 years old ans have never forgotten, but here we have a literal bus driver, in charge of driving a huge vehicle full of people, driving like a total imbecile and then throwing a tantrum about it. As far as I know, I did nothing wrong; drivers in the roundabout have the right of way and do not stop, and drivers trying to enter the roundabout have to yield.