On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:58:53 -0000, "Mizter T"
wrote:

London buses have this too - it's now incorporated into the iBus information
display.

People seem to think that it's an invitation to press the button
again...

My comment was more just about how the present situation is a bit of an
unclear muddle. (Though TBH I'd rather have this vague muddle than buses
having to stop at each and every stop regardless.)

It seems to work quite well at the moment. Perhaps the answer *is* to
quietly change the bus stop flags and let people get on with what
they'd do anyway. Everywhere else I have travelled, a ding of the
bell to get off is expected, at any stop. In London, it no longer
does any harm.

When getting on the bus, it's not so clear-cut. A Berlin bus driver
once got quite irate at my wave. Nobody else minds. Perhaps a
theatrical extraction of change or ticket, or lunge towards the bus
stop pole is a compromise. Eye contact with the driver can work as
well, and ensure a suitable position for the front doors, where that's
the done thing.

I wonder whether Roland's experience of Geneva was more about
timetable adherence than any rules about stopping, at least that's
what it seemed like to me when I was in Zurich.

Richard.