(08 Feb 2023, 10:52 am)F114TML wrote Having said that, I was once at Southwick on the 3, there was a 12 in front, so I parked overhanging the kerb to try and make sure people could see my number. Dropped people off, waited a while and no one came up so I shut the doors and waited for the 12 to leave (I had to park very close behind).
Guess what happened when the 12 pulled away and I pulled away with it...
That's not the only time that sort of thing's happened either - happened to me on the 16 outside Dunn House where a 4 was changing driver. If there's a bus at the stop, and a bus pulls up behind, isn't it just logic to go and see what bus it is, rather than to wait for it to pull out then run into the road waving your arms about and causing a massive blockage of a major trunk route?
Just think, if each route had their own brand, you wouldn't need to look at the route number (providing they were allocated right)