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Post by LBOTG on Jan 12, 2018 6:54:38 GMT
It's a bit like on GWR where the train announces "please do not attempt to board or leave the train when the doors are closing" at every station.
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Post by john on Jan 12, 2018 7:06:05 GMT
I personally think it should be a simple optional message for us to play if we feel it needs to be. The move down the bus message I'll play once or twice and if people still don't move I'll get on the PA and, politely, say if they don't move the bus won't be moving due to people at the front. They quickly move then 🤣🤣
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Post by Green Kitten on Jan 12, 2018 7:11:31 GMT
It’s insanely vacuous and unnecessary... this morning the message started playing after the bus started moving! 😂
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Post by Nathan on Jan 12, 2018 7:58:43 GMT
It’s insanely vacuous and unnecessary... this morning the message started playing after the bus started moving! 😂 Currently on a 21 bus, and I haven't heard anything yet. I have noticed 2 dots appearing before the route number and destination on the passenger iBus screen thought.
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Post by RandomBusesGirl on Jan 12, 2018 8:08:38 GMT
It’s insanely vacuous and unnecessary... this morning the message started playing after the bus started moving! 😂 Currently on a 21 bus, and I haven't heard anything yet. I have noticed 2 dots appearing before the route number and destination on the passenger iBus screen thought. I've noticed the double dots too on my MHV, and nothing played. Not sure about about the E I got before this as I forgot and had my earphones in the whole ride 😂
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Post by Nathan on Jan 12, 2018 8:11:12 GMT
Currently on a 21 bus, and I haven't heard anything yet. I have noticed 2 dots appearing before the route number and destination on the passenger iBus screen thought. I've noticed the double dots too on my MHV, and nothing played. Not sure about about the E I got before this as I forgot and had my earphones in the whole ride 😂 I'm currently right behind another more populated 21. Perhaps it's playing on that bus instead? My bus is pretty empty of course. Edit: Just jumped in a 344. Same thing. No new announcements.
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Post by RandomBusesGirl on Jan 12, 2018 9:43:33 GMT
388 and 390 have them - so far confirmed. Check Twitter, it's fun One guy already set up a petition calling on Transport Failing London to remove it
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Post by YY13VKP on Jan 12, 2018 10:47:54 GMT
Currently onboard 957 on route 405 which has the new announcement. It is rather annoying but needs to be done to avoid people getting injured
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Post by ilovelondonbuses on Jan 12, 2018 10:58:41 GMT
It is pretty much common sense for passengers to hold on to the grab poles if the bus is moving and they are standing or walking around the bus. I don't think this needed at all. I think it's going to be quite an irritant if it played after each stop.
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Post by rmz19 on Jan 12, 2018 12:52:38 GMT
Even if this announcement is played continuously on buses, in the long run I don't think it will make much of a difference as people will end up becoming complacent to the repetitive announcement just like some are to the other iBus announcements.
The only instance when it might be useful is for people who are going down the stairs when the bus is idle and then moves, a potentially dangerous situation if people don't hold on to the hand rails when doing so as I've evidently witnessed many tumbles/trips and sometimes falls when this happens, especially (within reason) if the driver suddenly accelerates swiftly. This is especially dangerous for those carrying heavy objects/children who logically should wait until the bus has stopped at the bus stop to go down the stairs and disembark. But then, when the inevitable happens the 'natural' thing to do is resort to blaming the driver when they're not at fault.
Perhaps there should be an announcement playing something along the lines of "Please hold on to the hand rails when using the stairs at all times. For those carrying objects or children, please wait until the bus has stopped at the bus stop to use the stairs". However being continuously subjected to an announcement this long would be a pain to endure, a thought nonetheless.
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Post by redexpress on Jan 12, 2018 13:44:55 GMT
It's not just that announcements like this are annoying, they are counterproductive. The more people are subjected to repeated automated announcements, the more people just stop listening to them. They just become part of the background noise, and as a result, when an important non-routine announcement does need to be made, many people won't hear it at all. Anyway this one seems to have been so badly implemented - given that the announcement doesn't bear any relation to when the bus is actually going to move - that it will probably be scrapped soon enough. At least I hope so
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Post by stuckonthe486 on Jan 12, 2018 13:52:22 GMT
Looked on here after being driven mad by this announcement on two out of three rides today.
Currently being played on this 54 to Elmers End ten seconds *after* the bus has pulled off.
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Post by mondraker275 on Jan 12, 2018 13:57:01 GMT
Had them on my 58. All announcements were after the bus moved off, but not too far after, almost instantly, however, clearly not before the actual bus moving. Therefore, not going to help. I am not sure how it knows, I can see from Eastlondoner62 post that it maybe 5 seconds after the usual announcement but I am not sure this is the case as times at stops were varied and the announcements came instantly after bus moved off. Have TfL calculated how many people may jump out of top deck of buses due to the annoyance and injure themselves that way. 2 dots on Ibus screen noticed as well. Agree with RandomBusesGirl this is health and safety OTT.
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Post by M1104 on Jan 12, 2018 14:37:00 GMT
The message should've been installed as one of the preset messages so as to be used only on discretion.
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Post by T.R. on Jan 12, 2018 14:42:35 GMT
Just heard this on the 91, and it sounds awful. Which played whilst stationary at a red light.
Someone must be worried about being sued.
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