Video: Jeremy Vine asks how to deal with bus overtake and pull-in

I used to let buses through when driving, but having been cut up more than once like this by buses, I tend not to bother as much now

I always let buses through, when driving,  as I understand they pay more road tax and therfore have greater rights.

Have found myself in that situation as a car driver before - sometimes simply due to changing traffic conditions between the two lanes and not reckless overtaking,
It happens sometimes. What you do is indicate, slow down, and hold your line and give way to anything already in lane 1 first. But you do NOT do what this twat did, and start moving in to cut up the cyclists. Jeremy did the right thing in carrying on and alerting the driver to his presence. Personally I'd have been a little more vocal and assertive but he did the right thing.

Strangely the police don't have the resources to warn of the dangers if this 'game' played by far too many bus drivers or the left hooking 'game'

Annoying when that happens but he could see it happening and I would have given way. I guess unlike Jeremy I don't want to end up under a bus.

Jeremy, how you deal with it is demand that their training is better, and REALLY better, where they are made completely aware of what they do. I've dealt with this in not favourable ways, but I react 'after' they've done it. Personally I'd like to see them lynched at times, it's truly sh*tty how many of them treat cyclists. If they weren't behind their little 'denial' cocoon I'd pull some out of their cabs and.......

Some drivers seem to think if they are indicating they can then go in that direction. They need to realise they can't just indicate and go, they have to wait until it is clear

It was a stupid overtake. The bus driver could easily have signalled and dropped behind. This sort of manoeuvre is not only dangerous but is of no benefit to the progress of the motor vehicle.

If you did that to a police car and attempted to bully your way over you would get pulled up every single time and get more than just a little chat, so why is it seen as acceptable to do to a vulnerable road user.

If there's no space then wait until there is a gap, indicating seems to be something most motorists including bus drivers don't bother with or leave it to the last second, instead of overtaking and then pulling in why not just stay in the lane you were already in and that way the conflict is massively reduced and the amount of maneouvring is reduced significantly.

In general, I think buses should be given priority when it's safe to do so and I'm usually on the lookout for buses indicating so that I can avoid overtaking etc.

In this instance, the bus pulls alongside and then begins to indicate and then starts to pull in, squeezing and possibly endangering Jeremy. I think the bus driver could have started indicating to signal their intention and then should have slowed to allow the cyclist (Jeremy) to get in front of the bus which would then have provided the room for the bus driver to safely pull in. Ideally, any cyclists behind Jeremy would be in position to see the bus indicating and thus know to not pass by the left, but instead overtake on the right.

I think the bus driver should get a warning for unsafe driving for this. Professional drivers should be more careful of vulnerable traffic.

I read through the twitter feed following Jeremy Vine's tweet. I also regularly read through comments and posts on various social media sites (including this one) following reports of all sorts of similar incidents.

I despair of the seemingly total ignorance of highway law and inability to share the road and respect others by all road users. A lot of highway law is black and white, a lot of the highway code can be open to interpretation but the totally skewed understanding shown by an awful lot of 'good drivers' and 'experienced cyclists' is just scarey!

Based on the above comment, I am loathe to post my opinion in this instance! (But it is very similar to StuinNorway's!)

I see this as the reverse of the highway code stating we should allow busses to pull out.
If you are behind the bus when they signal, if safe to so so, slow to allow the bus to come in/out the bus stop. I can sympathise to a degree with bus drivers, you have a 10m bus and cyclists a 5m intervals on parts of their routes.
Indicate in good time, and prepare to make the move, encroage on the lane, fine, but don't squash people you hadn't passed.
On a bike, is the bus actually ahead of you when he signals, stop pedalling, ease off a little and go around. 
In this case the driver was not passed,should have simply signalled and positioned bus ready to stop, but not simply indicate and pull in regardless.