Originally Posted by
zirger726
I drive a bus [...] for a university and I notice that the cyclist around campus are more likely to [...] pass on the left or right in slow traffic to get around me than cars. Since I generally follow the rules of the road I really want to reach out an strangle some of these people and tell them how close they came to getting injured.
I'm interested in your perspective here as a bus driver. What is it about a cyclist passing on the left that is a problem?
I try to avoid playing leapfrog with buses, but sometimes I know the traffic conditions and bus route well enough to know that I will be able to pass and keep ahead of a bus, so I will pass on the left (non-curb side) when it is loading passengers at a stop. Am I unwittingly being dangerous?