There are often more than two buses and they already pull up outside Blackmans on the extended bus area blocking Blackmans trade entrance. Stagecoach could easily have arranged their departures from Pencester so this does not happen.
I do see how any shop entrance was blocked as the pavement was quite wide also people will still lean against the buildings.
Howard, that stretch of the road is usually full of slowish moving traffic because of the lights so during the day it is never a "formula one stretch".
I also suspect it will be more difficult to cross the road outside the Charlton Centre.
