National Express drivers have a reputation for tailgating and driving too fast. Many of the drivers are very rude and unwelcoming and on top of that really reckon themselves despite the fact they are generally on £8 an hour.
@cabrides1 I have found drivers almost always extremely pleasant and helpful, especially Silverdale and Stagecoach, since I have most experience of them.
I'm a coach driver myself - casual now as I do something which earns me far more money. Was told to go to Victoria Coach Station to be second driver on a Manchester service. It was a dupe coach so no uniform, just a smart suit. The coach driver loading the vehicle didn't know me and looked at me like I was something he had just stepped in. His face when I told him I was his dupe driver :o. Typical to be honest.
@catman2007 I travelled with them from Yorks to London & they were poor. They thought playing games with other roads users was fun (ie tailgating). I haven't travelled with them since.
Coaches are a lesser PITA than truck drivers that hog, IMO. Coaches can go that bit faster, and seem to be able to accelerate faster and are much more agile in changing lanes from what I've seen. Still big enough to bully everything else, though!
@cl998 Coaches have very good acceleration, and time and again I have seen them beat cars away from traffic lights in London. They then manage to overtake cars by squeezing them out of their lanes!
I think the biggest danger to road users is this coach driver who is driving far to close to the lorry in front, there should be 2 chevrons between him and the lorry, instead of sitting in the front seat filming I think I would have moved to the rear, far safer if you drive that close and at that speed.
That is not my experience as a very regular user of both Nat Ex and megabus. Cars can always undertake or overtake, which is something coaches find hard to do since they do not have the same acceleration..
@kerednotsobig1 If you read carefully I make no personal comment about the lorry driver's driving.. But the driver is certainly holding up the coach driver by hogging the middle line, That is an obvious fact..
I hate lorry drivers too. BIGGEST KILLERS ON OUR ROADS LORRIES. Car driver read the highway code. COACHES NEED TO BE IN PLACES ON TIME . I TRAVEL A LOT ON COACHES AND WE DONT NEED IDIOTS LIKE YOU HOGGING THE MIDDLE LANE
@00westlondon As a regular passenger on the coach services run by Nat Ex and Megabus I see how frustrating it is to be held up by the road hog car drivers, who do not like coaches to overtake them, and as you say there is a tight schedule that has to be kept. Recently I have taken to sitting at the back of the coaches so I cannot see the middle lane hogs!
me n my dad was coming up the m25 and we had a scania 143 580 or something cant remember hp of it.and we was try ing to pass some cunt in a volvo fl10 300hp sack off dump.wont let us past so when it came to coming to get on m1 he wanted to come off.we just forced him to stay on m25 like some police monuver .he wast happy
Middle lane trucks are a pain for coaches. Wish I had a shotgun!
TheNightcoach 2 months ago
National Express drivers have a reputation for tailgating and driving too fast. Many of the drivers are very rude and unwelcoming and on top of that really reckon themselves despite the fact they are generally on £8 an hour.
cabrides1 6 months ago
@cabrides1 I have found drivers almost always extremely pleasant and helpful, especially Silverdale and Stagecoach, since I have most experience of them.
catman2007 6 months ago
@catman2007
I'm a coach driver myself - casual now as I do something which earns me far more money. Was told to go to Victoria Coach Station to be second driver on a Manchester service. It was a dupe coach so no uniform, just a smart suit. The coach driver loading the vehicle didn't know me and looked at me like I was something he had just stepped in. His face when I told him I was his dupe driver :o. Typical to be honest.
cabrides1 6 months ago
@catman2007 I travelled with them from Yorks to London & they were poor. They thought playing games with other roads users was fun (ie tailgating). I haven't travelled with them since.
whitbyjet65 2 months ago
Coaches are a lesser PITA than truck drivers that hog, IMO. Coaches can go that bit faster, and seem to be able to accelerate faster and are much more agile in changing lanes from what I've seen. Still big enough to bully everything else, though!
cl998 7 months ago
@cl998 Coaches have very good acceleration, and time and again I have seen them beat cars away from traffic lights in London. They then manage to overtake cars by squeezing them out of their lanes!
catman2007 7 months ago
I think the biggest danger to road users is this coach driver who is driving far to close to the lorry in front, there should be 2 chevrons between him and the lorry, instead of sitting in the front seat filming I think I would have moved to the rear, far safer if you drive that close and at that speed.
dimment 8 months ago
@kerednotsobig1
That is not my experience as a very regular user of both Nat Ex and megabus. Cars can always undertake or overtake, which is something coaches find hard to do since they do not have the same acceleration..
catman2007 9 months ago
@kerednotsobig1 If you read carefully I make no personal comment about the lorry driver's driving.. But the driver is certainly holding up the coach driver by hogging the middle line, That is an obvious fact..
catman2007 10 months ago
I hate lorry drivers too. BIGGEST KILLERS ON OUR ROADS LORRIES. Car driver read the highway code. COACHES NEED TO BE IN PLACES ON TIME . I TRAVEL A LOT ON COACHES AND WE DONT NEED IDIOTS LIKE YOU HOGGING THE MIDDLE LANE
00westlondon 1 year ago
@00westlondon As a regular passenger on the coach services run by Nat Ex and Megabus I see how frustrating it is to be held up by the road hog car drivers, who do not like coaches to overtake them, and as you say there is a tight schedule that has to be kept. Recently I have taken to sitting at the back of the coaches so I cannot see the middle lane hogs!
catman2007 1 year ago
@00westlondon do me a favor. I hate people like you who think car drivers are perfect. do me a favor, take a run and jump
Mickygemma 8 months ago
nothing unusual. the middle lane is full of people who ought ot get over to the left, mostly cars.
mrspivvy 1 year ago 2
@mrspivvy
How true, but other cars can overtake on the third lane, while coaches are restricted to the two inside lanes. So sometimes they undertake.
catman2007 1 year ago
me n my dad was coming up the m25 and we had a scania 143 580 or something cant remember hp of it.and we was try ing to pass some cunt in a volvo fl10 300hp sack off dump.wont let us past so when it came to coming to get on m1 he wanted to come off.we just forced him to stay on m25 like some police monuver .he wast happy
britdemo 1 year ago
@britdemo bit dangerous doing this like that. You really shouldnt travel on the motorway.
00westlondon 1 year ago
@00westlondon
I have to go where the coach driver takes me!
catman2007 1 year ago