On 2011\03\11 16:38, Ian Jelf wrote:
In message , Arthur
Figgis writes
When I was little in Hull, ringing the bell to get off was considered
what would now be called anti-social behaviour. You were supposed to
go and stand by the door waiting to get off (no middle exit).

Yes, I remember in about 1980 being told off by the driver of a WMPTE
Leyland National for ringing the bell when I wanted to get off.

"You don't need to use that any more, "he told me "non now it's a One
Man Bus". I resisted the temptation to tell him that the vehicle
concerned had never been anything else.......

I wonder why they didn't take the fuse out of the bells?

On 11/03/2011 09:23, Richard J. wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote on 11 March 2011

When I was little in Hull, ringing the bell to get off was considered
what would now be called anti-social behaviour. You were supposed to go
and stand by the door waiting to get off (no middle exit).

So, what was the bell for?

Perhaps it was just cheaper to buy a bus with one than have it taken
out/disabled?

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 15:33:30 on Tue,
8 Mar 2011, Mizter T remarked:

Some clarity and passenger instruction / communication is needed, me
thinks.

Nottingham buses have an illuminated sign near the driver which says
"Stopping" if anyone has rung the bell.

Most new buses all over the world now have this.

tim

"Arthur Figgis" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 11/03/2011 09:23, Richard J. wrote:
Arthur Figgis wrote on 11 March 2011

When I was little in Hull, ringing the bell to get off was considered
what would now be called anti-social behaviour. You were supposed to go
and stand by the door waiting to get off (no middle exit).

So, what was the bell for?

Perhaps it was just cheaper to buy a bus with one than have it taken
out/disabled?

I was on a bus in Poland and having looked everywhere for it I couldn't find
a bell (push).

I just had to hope that it stopped at the stop that I wanted (it did)

tim

In message , at
18:56:27 on Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Arthur Figgis
remarked:
When I was little in Hull, ringing the bell to get off was considered
what would now be called anti-social behaviour. You were supposed to go
and stand by the door waiting to get off (no middle exit).

So, what was the bell for?

Perhaps it was just cheaper to buy a bus with one than have it taken
out/disabled?

But you couldn't call it a "disabled bell", because then people in
wheelchairs would be pressing it all the time.
--
Roland Perry

In article ,
Arthur Figgis wrote:

Last year I had a bus driver in Germany get very rude in two languages
because I had put my arm out.

Interesting - I'd somehow thought Germany was a put-arm-out country.
Maybe I'm wrong about the whole continental Europe thing then, I dunno
now.

When I was little in Hull, ringing the bell to get off was considered
what would now be called anti-social behaviour. You were supposed to go
and stand by the door waiting to get off (no middle exit).

When I grew up in Greater Manchester that was normal practice.
Ringing the bell was reserved for elderly people who didn't want to
get up until the bus had stopped.

-roy

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:49:12 -0600, (Roy Badami)
wrote:

In article ,
Arthur Figgis wrote:

Last year I had a bus driver in Germany get very rude in two languages
because I had put my arm out.

I had the same thing, in Berlin. I wouldn't have, if he'd stopped at
the right bus stop!

Interesting - I'd somehow thought Germany was a put-arm-out country.
Maybe I'm wrong about the whole continental Europe thing then, I dunno
now.

I wouldn't say that -- I think the "no arms" is particularly a
German-speaking thing. It's normal everywhere in France, and I've had
no complaints elsewhere.

When I was little in Hull, ringing the bell to get off was considered
what would now be called anti-social behaviour. You were supposed to go
and stand by the door waiting to get off (no middle exit).

On East Kent you'd stand at the front if possible, a chat with the
driver if you were really lucky, but I don't remember a problem with
dinging the bell. I think into the 80's they still had compulsory and
request stops there as well, or at least the older stops still showed
a difference.

Richard.

On Wed, 16 Mar 2011, Richard wrote:

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:49:12 -0600, (Roy Badami)
wrote:

In article ,
Arthur Figgis wrote:

Last year I had a bus driver in Germany get very rude in two languages
because I had put my arm out.

Interesting - I'd somehow thought Germany was a put-arm-out country.
Maybe I'm wrong about the whole continental Europe thing then, I dunno
now.

I wouldn't say that -- I think the "no arms" is particularly a
German-speaking thing.

Not since 1945.

Look, someone had to say it, okay!

tom

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Encyclopedia Dramatica

In article ,
Richard wrote:
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:49:12 -0600, (Roy Badami)
wrote:

Interesting - I'd somehow thought Germany was a put-arm-out country.
Maybe I'm wrong about the whole continental Europe thing then, I dunno
now.

I wouldn't say that -- I think the "no arms" is particularly a
German-speaking thing. It's normal everywhere in France, and I've had
no complaints elsewhere.

I don't think it's a German-speaking thing. I was pretty sure putting ones
arm out was normal in Austria, but will have to check now...

-roy