There are loads of reasons for allowing motorbikes in bus lanes and not many reasons against it. Not that I can see, anyway. The problem is, it’s not up to one organisation. Each city council makes their own rules where bus lanes are concerned, and unless there is a fairly dramatic change in the law, that’s the way it will continue to be.

Some city councils are more than happy to let you ride your motorbikes in their bus lanes, but others aren’t.

Obviously there are huge benefits to letting motorbikes use bus lanes, as well as to everyone else involved. First of all, it would incentivise the use of motorcycles, over cars, in cities, which has the potential to cut congestion down massively. And not only congestion, but emissions, too; there’s a good chance your 2.5 litre, twin turbo, 4×4 Chelsea chariot is going to kick out a few more noxious gasses and hydrocarbons than anything on two wheels is likely to do.

As well as that, it’d reduce the need for filtering, which some car drivers still hate us doing. By putting bikes on a totally different piece of tarmac to the majority of road traffic, we can simply sail past the queues without having to squeeze through any gaps or frighten any car drivers.

When bus lanes are in operation, for the majority of the time they are completely empty. And it doesn’t matter whether your in a car or on a bike, seeing an empty lane when your sat in traffic is always going to be frustrating. So why not take a proportion of that traffic out of the gridlock and make better use of the bus lanes?