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Jobsworth driver
Richard wrote:
On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:35:03 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote: On 24 Nov 2019 13:51:40 GMT, Marland wrote: Boltar may be a natural at vehicle handling which not all people are so the physical driving was ticked off on the first day, the rest were spent learning what the ringing sound was as the bus approached a stop. Not in London then where you get ****s ringing the bell 0.1sec after the bus has left the previous stop. Better than ringing it too late IMO. Or ringing it when someone else has already done it If someone rings it immediately after departure from the previous stop, I can see the logic in ringing it again on approach to the stop, in case the driver has forgotten in the meantime. - why does the device not suppress that Until fairly recently they were very simple devices - either some electrical contacts and a bell, or an air pressure operated device. Adding something to make it only ring once would be unnecessary complication. And points deducted from Alexander Dennis, who as well as making the most rattling new buses in the world, provide them with the sound of the *starting* signal when you press the bell. Considering how rarely there is a requirement to give a starting signal by bell code on a modern bus, I'd suggest that giving more than just one short ding (which may be easily missed depending what else is going on) is a good idea. The buses round my way give three dings of two different tones. Anna Noyd-Dryver |
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On 26/11/2019 20:17, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Richard wrote: On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:35:03 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote: On 24 Nov 2019 13:51:40 GMT, Marland wrote: Boltar may be a natural at vehicle handling which not all people are so the physical driving was ticked off on the first day, the rest were spent learning what the ringing sound was as the bus approached a stop. Not in London then where you get ****s ringing the bell 0.1sec after the bus has left the previous stop. Better than ringing it too late IMO. Or ringing it when someone else has already done it If someone rings it immediately after departure from the previous stop, I can see the logic in ringing it again on approach to the stop, in case the driver has forgotten in the meantime. Except most modern buses have a light on the dash that remains on till the doors open again. -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:20:04 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote: On 26/11/2019 20:17, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Richard wrote: On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:35:03 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote: On 24 Nov 2019 13:51:40 GMT, Marland wrote: Boltar may be a natural at vehicle handling which not all people are so the physical driving was ticked off on the first day, the rest were spent learning what the ringing sound was as the bus approached a stop. Not in London then where you get ****s ringing the bell 0.1sec after the bus has left the previous stop. Better than ringing it too late IMO. Or ringing it when someone else has already done it If someone rings it immediately after departure from the previous stop, I can see the logic in ringing it again on approach to the stop, in case the driver has forgotten in the meantime. Except most modern buses have a light on the dash that remains on till the doors open again. On one of the bus types that isn't around here [TM] any more, the time/next stop display didn't always update the next stop until up to c.50yds after leaving, wiping out any indications resulting from premature campanology. |
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On 26/11/2019 21:20, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 26/11/2019 20:17, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Richard wrote: On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:35:03 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote: On 24 Nov 2019 13:51:40 GMT, Marland wrote: Boltar may be a natural at vehicle handling which not all people are so the physical driving was ticked off on the first day, the rest were spent learning what the ringing sound was as the bus approached a stop. Not in London then where you get ****s ringing the bell 0.1sec after the bus has left the previous stop. Better than ringing it too late IMO.Â* Or ringing it when someone else has already done it If someone rings it immediately after departure from the previous stop, I can see the logic in ringing it again on approach to the stop, in case the driver has forgotten in the meantime. Except most modern buses have a light on the dash that remains on till the doors open again. And the bulb fails and the engineers never bother replacing it. -- Ria in Aberdeen [Send address is invalid, use sipsoup at gmail dot com to reply direct] |
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On 27/11/2019 17:26, MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 26/11/2019 21:20, Graeme Wall wrote: On 26/11/2019 20:17, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Richard wrote: On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:35:03 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote: On 24 Nov 2019 13:51:40 GMT, Marland wrote: Boltar may be a natural at vehicle handling which not all people are so the physical driving was ticked off on the first day, the rest were spent learning what the ringing sound was as the bus approached a stop. Not in London then where you get ****s ringing the bell 0.1sec after the bus has left the previous stop. Better than ringing it too late IMO.Â* Or ringing it when someone else has already done it If someone rings it immediately after departure from the previous stop, I can see the logic in ringing it again on approach to the stop, in case the driver has forgotten in the meantime. Except most modern buses have a light on the dash that remains on till the doors open again. And the bulb fails and the engineers never bother replacing it. :-) LEDs don't fail nearly so often fortunately -- Graeme Wall This account not read. |
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On 27/11/2019 18:08, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 27/11/2019 17:26, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 26/11/2019 21:20, Graeme Wall wrote: On 26/11/2019 20:17, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: Richard wrote: On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:35:03 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote: On 24 Nov 2019 13:51:40 GMT, Marland wrote: Boltar may be a natural at vehicle handling which not all people are so the physical driving was ticked off on the first day, the rest were spent learning what the ringing sound was as the bus approached a stop. Not in London then where you get ****s ringing the bell 0.1sec after the bus has left the previous stop. Better than ringing it too late IMO.Â* Or ringing it when someone else has already done it If someone rings it immediately after departure from the previous stop, I can see the logic in ringing it again on approach to the stop, in case the driver has forgotten in the meantime. Except most modern buses have a light on the dash that remains on till the doors open again. And the bulb fails and the engineers never bother replacing it. :-) LEDs don't fail nearly so often fortunately LED's..? Can't be having with those new fangled things... -- Ria in Aberdeen [Send address is invalid, use sipsoup at gmail dot com to reply direct] |
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:17:22 -0000 (UTC), Anna Noyd-Dryver
wrote: Richard wrote: On Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:35:03 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote: On 24 Nov 2019 13:51:40 GMT, Marland wrote: Boltar may be a natural at vehicle handling which not all people are so the physical driving was ticked off on the first day, the rest were spent learning what the ringing sound was as the bus approached a stop. Not in London then where you get ****s ringing the bell 0.1sec after the bus has left the previous stop. Better than ringing it too late IMO. Or ringing it when someone else has already done it If someone rings it immediately after departure from the previous stop, I can see the logic in ringing it again on approach to the stop, in case the driver has forgotten in the meantime. All good points of course. Perhaps in the case of a premature ding I'll allow it... - why does the device not suppress that Until fairly recently they were very simple devices - either some electrical contacts and a bell, or an air pressure operated device. Adding something to make it only ring once would be unnecessary complication. Yes, but the 'technology' is already in use to turn on a light and turn it off when the doors open -- on the dash, a basic display or in the civilised world, something better. The only possible reason I can think of to allow it to ring again would be a different noise for upstairs/downstairs, or to allow passengers to indicate some sort of distress, which is more usually done now by taking a video of it and uploading it somewhere and even with 5G you might miss the next stop by the time you've added the necessary animal ears. And points deducted from Alexander Dennis, who as well as making the most rattling new buses in the world, provide them with the sound of the *starting* signal when you press the bell. Considering how rarely there is a requirement to give a starting signal by bell code on a modern bus, I'd suggest that giving more than just one short ding (which may be easily missed depending what else is going on) is a good idea. The buses round my way give three dings of two different tones. I'm sure you're right that the answer is never. Still, perhaps it's Pavlovian. I'm not old enough (and I can't say that much these days) to have known conductors where I grew up, and so that noise to me is such a London thing. It's just... *wrong*. Richard. |
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