"MIG" wrote in message
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On Jul 16, 10:27 pm, "Chris Read" wrote:
"MIG" wrote:
On the top deck of double deckers there used to only be one bell
push,
at the top of the stairs.

I assumed that this was to stop people finding one by their seat and
being tempted to stay there, ie force them to already be on their way
out rather than delay the bus at the stop.

In RM days, this was often inconvenient for conductors, stuck issuing
tickets at the front of the top deck. They sometimes resorted to two
loud
taps, with metal clippers, on a suitable surface above the driver, as
an
improvised 'ding ding'.

How much of a view they had of the platform from that position is a
matter
of conjecture........

Chris


Yes, I remember a female conductor doing something with her heels that
I thought was some kind of Spanish dance step, till I realised what
was going on.

I always thought that the use of a buzzer for the upstairs pushbutton on
RT's/RM's was a good idea, so the driver knew a passenger was upstairs if
pushed to stop, or the conductor was up there if it was a start signal.

Why can't they do that now, so when a buzzer sounds the driver knows it's
come from upstairs..?

Ivor