London Banter - View Single Post - Drivers telling passengers to use the emergency buttons...

Scott · August 25th 12, 04:43 PM posted to uk.transport.buses,uk.transport.london

On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:41:03 +0100, Peter Lawrence
wrote:

On 25/08/2012 11:03, wrote:
On 25/08/2012 10:04, Ernesto wrote:
Hi all,

I've seen this increase over the past few months - drivers unwilling to
open their doors between stops, but instead telling passengers they can
press the emergency door control button themselves to alight from the
bus.

Anyone else seen this? Thoughts???

E.
I've seen this. I think that this is because they are not allowed to
open the doors between stops, yet they are well aware that a traffic
queue makes it unrealistic for passengers to wait until the bus reaches
the stop, which might be only a few metres away.

I was told that it is a safety precaution to avoid alighting passengers
being knocked down by cyclists (and vice versa?). If so it seems a fair
restriction for these safety-concious times.

Well, in that case telling passengers to use the emergency door
control button is surely as much of a breach of safety procedures as
opening the doors between stops? I'm not following your logic here.