On 23 Jan 2007 01:53:26 -0800, "MIG"
wrote:

There have historically been white (compulsory) bus stops and red
(request) bus stops in London. There still are. Children are taught
by their parents that they have to stick their arm out or ring the bell
to get on or off at a red bus stop.

At a white stop, you shouldn't need to. That's not laziness.

Now that drivers have been instructed to treat all stops as request
stops, why doesn't TfL make them all red to save confusion?

Or make them all white and let it be known that all stops are now
request stops.

I would suggest that the vast majority of the bus-travelling public in
London already treats all bus stops as request stops.