Yahoo Finance Driver merging into bus lane crashes into undertaking car - so who is in the wrong?
Dashcam footage of a collision in Sydney's north has divided opinion online after a motorist in a bus lane collided with a turning driver.
The video was shared to Dash Cam Owners Australia's Facebook page on Sunday and shows a motorist driving along Victoria Road in Denistone before entering the bus lane to the left of two traffic lanes.
The driver can be seen undertaking several cars before slamming into a white BMW making a left turn from the first traffic lane.
According to the driver, they were travelling in the bus lane at midday, with a bus only rule implemented only between 6am and 10am.
Social media users were quick to lay the blame on both drivers, with some pointing the finger at the undertaking driver.
"Bus lane does not mean undertaking lane faster than the flow of traffic. You were driving with no regards of others but yourself," one comment read.
But others suggested the BMW was failing to follow the laws of the road as they moved to exit the street.
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"It is not illegal to drive in a bus lane outside the posted times. It is however illegal to turn from the centre lane into a side street," another user pointed out.
Mick Humphries, General Manager of the Australian Driver Trainers Association, told Yahoo7 that as long as the vehicle in the bus lane was adhereing to the speed limit, the undertaking of other vehicles was not a problem, especially considering the "nature of Sydney's traffic".
"The car in the bus lane is not an issue," Humphries said.
"In reality the white car should have moved into the left lane 20-25 metres before making the turn."
Humphries did suggest the driver in the bus lane may have taken more action towards an apparent risk when the white car began to indicate however noted the driver can be seen slowing down.
According to NSW Transport Roads and Maritime Services, motorists are advised to enter the bus lane up to 100 metres before exiting left.
"Turning left from the traffic lane next to the bus lane is NOT permitted and could result in your vehicle being hit by a bus travelling in the bus lane," their website reads.
