Bus Lanes

This is what the association of British Drivers thinks of Bus Lanes

Increase journey times unnecessarily
Turn dual carriageways into single track roads with no passing places forcing every vehicle to travel at the speed of the slowest.
Create traffic jams where there were previously none.
Create bottlenecks at the start of the bus lane, delaying buses as well as other traffic.
Enthuse some bus drivers to drive aggressively by encouraging them to think they have more right to be on the road than anyone else.
Encourage bus drivers to drive at normal speed past queues of stationary traffic, often without sufficient regard to pedestrians trying to cross between traffic that may be obscuring them from the bus driver’s view.
Inspire traffic to divert onto other roads, often residential side roads.
Make it more difficult for pedestrians to cross the road by removing the natural gaps that appear in free flowing traffic.
Generate contempt for the law.
Divert police resources away from dealing with criminals.
Incite road rage.
They are often counter-productive in terms of improving the bus service.