On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:57:31 +0100, Ian Tindale wrote:

Andrew Black (delete obvious bit) wrote:

There are signs saying the pre-pay users (and Saver ticket holders) get on
at the front.**Whats*the*difficulty*with*this?

The difficulty is that when I saw a bendy bus at a bus stop once, it didn't
open the front, and the driver motioned to people to the back doors. It
made me wonder how I'd use them if I they ever became a regular occurrence
in E6.

that was the original (and somewhat daft) rule. Drivers tended to be
very awkward about opening the front door in order to "educate" people
that they could board via the other doors. The use of savers and pre-pay
cuts across this though so the front door should be opened to allow
tickets to be handed to the driver or cards validated.

The validators at the other doors apparently only work with Freedom
Passes and another software change is needed to make them work with
Pre-Pay.

We will soon have the great delight of witnessing the Islington and
Stoke Newington version of a rugby scrum when the 73 goes bendy in only
3 weeks time. I feel very sorry for both the 73 drivers and the
passengers as I am convinced this change is just not going to work.
--
Paul C


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