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Matt Ashby · January 26th 04, 08:47 PM posted to uk.transport.london

(Boltar) wrote
(Matt Ashby) wrote
* stopping at bus stops, *and* opening the exit doors (sometimes
remembering just the first is too much for them)

Most (all) bus doors have an emergency open inside. Next time the driver
can' be arsed to open the doors use it. Thats what I did once. He got well
****ed off but that was his problem not mine.

Did this a few weeks ago when a driver (the famous Connex driver with
the black metal studded fingerless gloves) deliberately rear-ended an
Audi who had cut him up. Since we had already crashed the bus was well
and truly stationary, but the driver said he wouldn't open the doors
because we all had to wait for the police to arrive.

After I'd asked nicely twice for him to open the doors, I hit the
emergency button. The bus driver took this as his queue to jump out of
his cab and shout at me for opening the doors as I walked away.

Once again, guys: it's a customer service position!

Obviously I wouldn't advocate hitting either the emergency door
release or the engine cut-off if a bus was moving.