Why it matters: Letting a bus pull away, a tram stop without a platform, and the bus gate

A bus pulling away from a stop has little room to accelerate and no view of what is happening right behind it; failing to give way forces the driver into an emergency stop with standing passengers. At a tram stop without a refuge island, people step from the tram straight onto the carriageway — exactly the situation where a driver's one second of hesitation makes the difference. And a car that gets stuck in a bus gate, for instance during rush hour in Delft, blocks not only itself but every bus that wants to enter the gate after it.