On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:19:46 +0100 CJG wrote:
} In message , Neil Williams
} writes
} Those who've paid can get on at both doors; those who have not go to
} the front, in no particular order. This is how it's done in Germany
} and (I think) much of the rest of Europe.
}
} That's a good idea. And until this idea is implented everyone can queue
} to get on the bus like the rest of the country. Its only people in
} London who seem to have this idea that a bus pass (or travel card)
} entitles them to get on the bus before the cash customers.
} If bus companies really want people with passes to get on before cash
} customers there should be a sign inviting them to do this.

What encourages the habit is the bar in the door of some buses that
leads people mounting on the left of the door to the driver to pay and
those on the right directly into the body of the bus.

The fact that it's designed for exactly that purpose should suggest to
you that yes "bus companies really want people with passes to get on
before cash customers"; or if not before then at least as rapidly as
possible to minimise the wait time.

Matthew
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