I would give this bus stop an award for the most stupidly placed ever. Obviously whoever thought of this at Fife Council was having a laugh and all thoughts of health and safety went out the window. You will find this stop in Dunnikeir Road in Kirkcaldy and is served by our 32,33 and 34 routes.
As you can see in the pictures, not only is this stop located right on the junction but infact requires you to stop right on the zig-zag markings for the pedestrian crossing. When you are stopped at this stop you are blocking any view of the crossing for following drivers and pedestrians are unable to see approaching traffic. You would have thought any following drivers would refrain from overtaking the bus here but we all know in the real world its not like this.I have lost count of the number of near misses witnessed on this crossing with drivers going through red lights. Surely its only a matter of time before time before a pedestrian is hit.
Still its a good job this crossing is right outside the Victoria Hospital.
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If im right in saying Its not the Bus Stop Location thats at fault. The Bus stop has been there for as long as I can remember.
Its the Crossing thats to blame, it only appeared last year, the stop probably bout 20 odd year before!
Which came first? Either way some bright spark pushes some paperwork and a stupid idea gets implement.
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What a shame you didn't continue with this blog - as a regular Fife bus user, I'd have had a few things to say about some of the drivers (not you, though, I expect you're OK!)
We should follow the rules, while driving. Thanks for sharing this post, so that we come to know about driving.
Thank you..
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