In message , at 20:44:34
on Sat, 1 Mar 2008, Richard J. remarked:
One thing that would make London bus rides much smoother would be
the implementation of Bangkok-style "countdown to red" displays on
traffic lights. These would allow safe and sensible judgement of
whether the bus will get through on the current phase, and thus
reduce heavy acceleration (to get through a set of green lights)
and braking (when the bus fails to do so).

Safe and sensible judgement comes from better training and skills of
the drivers.

Many bus drivers seem to have binary driving skills. Full ahead, or Full
braking
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Roland Perry