In this situation, does the bus driver have the right to travel straight?

Explanation

No, in this situation the bus driver has no right to go straight.

The requirement that determines the permitted path in this situation covers the bus as well. A common notion among new drivers is that a bus, being public transport, is exempt from restrictions; that notion is wrong. The exemptions of a route vehicle travelling on an approved route are a limited and specific list and do not cover every requirement: the traffic light signal, directional lane markings and the physical structure of the junction are compulsory for everyone without exception. The logic is plain too: if one vehicle could go straight contrary to the prescribed path, its line of travel would meet flows that have not allowed for it and the whole ordering of the junction would become meaningless — and a bus, because of its great length and low acceleration, is the worst vehicle to get stuck in the middle of a junction.

Method of answering: first see what has restricted the path, then ask whether that restriction has an exception for a route bus.

• "Yes" assumes the bus is exempt from the requirement governing this situation, whereas no such exception exists here. • Travelling on an approved route exempts you only from a short list of signs, not from the requirement that has determined the permitted path in this situation.

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