Arthur Figgis wrote on 11 March 2011
07:00:58 ...
On 11/03/2011 00:00, Roy Badami wrote:

But as a result of being told off for signalling late in Cambridge a
few years ago by an Eastern European bus driver who'd clearly failed
to spot that I wanted to board until I stuck my arm out as a last
resort, I reevaluated this. I know the latter is the normal way of
hailing a bus in at least some parts of continental Europe so I can
understand why some drivers from elsewhere in the EU may expect it,
and it just seems simpler to go along with it since it's pretty
unambiguous.

Last year I had a bus driver in Germany get very rude in two languages
because I had put my arm out. But with a bus every 30 min, at night in
the rain, I didn't fancy the risk of it not stopping. admittedly she
then had a go at another passsenger for something else, so it might have
been just her!

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?
--
Richard J.
(to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address)

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

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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