Yesterday I saw some stupid moron try and cross the road outside Bright House the driver slowed down slightly to wave at another driver and I imagine he also slowed down because he thought he was going to cross the road so the stupid then went and stood in front of the bus then went round to the drivers window and started shouting at the driver stuff like "you should be looking where your going instead of waving at your mate, no wonder bloke got run down by a bus... " then more words were exchanged then when he got out the driver the driver plonked the bus (X66) on Stand L then he got out of the bus and looked like he was going to find him and batter the **** out of him, thankfully another Arriva driver calmed him down so that didn't happen.

Everything else I saw in the hour and a half I was in Darlington yesterday non of them I would blame on Arriva, other examples in my eyes were the fault of: Pedestrians not looking where they are going, other motorists driving far too fast through the Town Centre, motorists failing to obey rules eg. Indicating and other things which are down to the mess that is Darlington Town Centre - not being able to see what's coming as all the bus stops are too close and are in the middle of the road, badly organized junctions, seriously who puts a bus stop right on a T junction! and badly placed loading bays where you can't see cars coming at the junction you are trying to cross at, especially if they are driving fast and 1AB Taxis and other people stopping anywhere they please, 1AB driver nearly ran over my foot on Northgate yesterday.

So there you are Northern Echo readers not every danger in Darlington is Arriva so how about you all shut the hell up bad mouthing Arriva and stop all this about wanting a bus station it's NOT going to happen. Seriously they blame Arriva for everything in Darlington, I imagine if the Odeon Cinema closes they will blame Arriva for that by spouting garbage like there isn't enough bus services going past.

Little wonder Darlington winds me up.