Is there a law on buses turning in residential steets? , can they perform 3 point turns?

Question

Can a bus perform a 3 point turn legally in a residential street as part of its route? or should it only turn where the road is wide enough?

Answer 1

Hi

Let me guess, another Polish bus drivers got lost, my mate drives for Arriva and he says it's happening all the time.

Ray. West York's. U.K.

Answer 2

If the bus is empty, the driver can do a 3 point turn or reverse any where.

But if there are passengers on board it is ILLEGAL for buses to do 3 point turns or reverse outside the Bus Station.

Answer 3

the correct manouvre would be for the vehicle to reverse into a side road and leave the side road in the direction it should be facing  the same as with cars except that a right hand reverse is safer

Answer 4

i dont think there are any rules on this as it is a public road its not private property !!

Answer 5

When I was a kid I remember being told that a bus is not allowed to reverse when it has passengers on it.

How true this is, I don't know...

Answer 6

It is done all the time by school buses here in the U.S. but I have never seen a city bus do it.

Answer 7

three point turn on a usa road maybe but here in the uk, no chance