On Mar 22, 9:20*am, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:14:19 -0000, wrote:
Drivers get an audio and a visual signal when somebody rings the bell. They
will receive a regular signal, just a beep, if regular passengers on the
lower level push the button. But they see/hear that signal only once, to
avoid being annoyed, as passengers can continue ringing to their hearts'
delight. They also receive a different one-time signal, which is more like a
whistle, to let them know if somebody from the upper deck is ringing.

If that's true, it means you can't remind the driver who seems to have
forgotten by ringing again. *That seems somewhat of a downside.

Notably, though, Dutch buses tend not to have a bell - it's only a
visual signal.

I thought that dinging lots of times was an emergency signal. Plenty
of people would assume that it had that effect.

On the multiple dinging, it's true that one often gets on on all sorts
of buses, but on bendys the same person will press repeatedly,
thinking it isn't working.

Incidentally, there are occasions where the only button I can reach is
a blue one. Does this result in the driver looking out for someone
disabled?