Drinking ban applies to the bus and DLR as well as the tube

[Maggot]

I only just found this out. Everyone knows about the imminent drinking ban on the tube, but it wasn't until a news report this morning that I'd heard it also applies to the bus and DLR.

I don't travel on the tube that often, but use buses quite frequently. Has this been kept quiet, or have I just not noticed it?

Bus party anyone?

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

They are going to do it on trains soon too. Not sure how they are going to do the cut off period - "We are about to pass into greater london where it will be illegal for you to consume alcohol on this train, if you have bought an alcoholic beverage with you on your journey, or from the buffet car or the buffet trolly please stop consuming it in . . . . 3. . . 2. . . . 1. . . . NOW!"

[Maggot]

I don't think the train companies will agree to ban alcohol on long journeys, cos they make a lot of money from it.

[Roadkill]

IIRC there was some suggestion that the government were considering a national alcohol ban on public transport.

I'm sure that'll go down beautifully with the train operating firms making a healthy profit from flogging cans of warm, nicely shaken lager at £2.50 a pop from the buffet car...

[Geri]

£2.50? And the rest - I pad £4.50 for a can of lager and a big packet of crisps last week.

I agree with the ban on bus drinking though.

[Oswaldtwistle]

Originally Posted by ATOMIC SUPLEX

They are going to do it on trains soon too. Not sure how they are going to do the cut off period - "We are about to pass into greater london where it will be illegal for you to consume alcohol on this train, if you have bought an alcoholic beverage with you on your journey, or from the buffet car or the buffet trolly please stop consuming it in . . . . 3. . . 2. . . . 1. . . . NOW!"

It would proberbly only be on local trains- although in the US you proberbly get situations like this on long distance trains as these things vary by state- a lot.

As for the ban on buses, I can't see what the fuss is all about and I'll bet 99% of people outside the capital agree. Drinking on buses has been banned in most places for some time, if it was ever allowed to begin with..........

[marty21]

tbh, i never drink on the bus or the tube, but long train journeys, i do like to have a can or two

[Poi E]

Originally Posted by Roadkill

IIRC there was some suggestion that the government were considering a national alcohol ban on public transport.

I'm sure that'll go down beautifully with the train operating firms making a healthy profit from flogging cans of warm, nicely shaken lager at £2.50 a pop from the buffet car...

Glad that public transport is being given such considered attention.

Boris's first move really did mark him as a waste of space.

[Cobbles]

Originally Posted by Poi E

Boris's first move really did mark him as a waste of space.

Nonsense, he's instituted measures to re-phase traffic signals (presumably to the way they were before Ken had them "adjusrted" to generate "congestion") - good for you Mr J.

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Originally Posted by Maggot

I don't think the train companies will agree to ban alcohol on long journeys, cos they make a lot of money from it.

What about short journeys on Stansted, Gatwick and Heathrow Express?

[Maggot]

Originally Posted by Cobbles

Nonsense, he's instituted measures to re-phase traffic signals (presumably to the way they were before Ken had them "adjusrted" to generate "congestion") - good for you Mr J.

Please let us know of any areas where congestion has decreased due to these measures. If you find any I'll give you a prize.

[Homeless Mal]

Originally Posted by Minnie_the_Minx

What about short journeys on Stansted, Gatwick and Heathrow Express?

I imagine alcohol can still be bought from buffet cars. Imagine the ban more to do with people drinking from cans, bottles etc. Personally I think it is very poor form to drink on buses and tubes. It looks really tacky and as though the person doesn't give a stuff about anyone else.

Also, I imagine a lot of the folk drinking on public transport would have a right fit if anyone suggested they had a drink problem, yet drinking on public transport to get from here to there (lets face it, no journeys are excessively long) suggest some who has all their priorities wrong.

To sum up, I despise the selfish inconsiderate losers who drink on public transport.

[slowjoe]

Originally Posted by Geri

I agree with the ban on bus drinking though.

You must, in this case, be a moron.

[slowjoe]

Originally Posted by Homeless Mal

I imagine alcohol can still be bought from buffet cars. Imagine the ban more to do with people drinking from cans, bottles etc. Personally I think it is very poor form to drink on buses and tubes. It looks really tacky and as though the person doesn't give a stuff about anyone else.

Also, I imagine a lot of the folk drinking on public transport would have a right fit if anyone suggested they had a drink problem, yet drinking on public transport to get from here to there (lets face it, no journeys are excessively long) suggest some who has all their priorities wrong.

To sum up, I despise the selfish inconsiderate losers who drink on public transport.

Well why don't we impose a fucking dress code while we're at it?

Fucking prick.

[Fullyplumped]

You're not allowed to eat chips on buses in Glasgow.

Good thing too.

[untethered]

Originally Posted by slowjoe

Well why don't we impose a f- dress code while we're at it?

Good idea.

[slowjoe]

Originally Posted by untethered

Good idea.

Unlike you - the worst idea your parents ever had (that is, if it was intentional).

[untethered]

Originally Posted by slowjoe

Unlike you - the worst idea your parents ever had (that is, if it was intentional).

Please refrain from making personal comments about me and my parents.

[slowjoe]

Originally Posted by untethered

Please refrain from making personal comments about me and my parents.

Too late. All I can do is apologise.

[untethered]

Originally Posted by slowjoe

Too late. All I can do is apologise.

Go ahead then.

[slowjoe]

Ok. But first I think you should apologise for suggesting that people should be excluded from public transport for wearing the wrong clothes.

[untethered]

Originally Posted by slowjoe

Ok. But first I think you should apologise for suggesting that people should be excluded from public transport for wearing the wrong clothes.

I can see no reason why that would require an apology. A difference of opinion (I assume you don't share mine) isn't an offence, unless, of course, you want to make it one.

Anyway, how about that apology of yours?

[slowjoe]

Originally Posted by untethered

I can see no reason why that would require an apology. A difference of opinion (I assume you don't share mine) isn't an offence, unless, of course, you want to make it one.

Anyway, how about that apology of yours?

This is not a matter of 'offences', but rather of 'offensiveness'; I think your opinion is offensive, you think the same about mine. neither of us has 'committed an offence'.

[toggle]

Originally Posted by Cobbles

Nonsense, he's instituted measures to re-phase traffic signals (presumably to the way they were before Ken had them "adjusrted" to generate "congestion") - good for you Mr J.

any evidence that ken made adjustments with the intention of causing increased congestion?

[slowjoe]

Originally Posted by toggle

any evidence that ken made adjustments with the intention of causing increased congestion?

Unlikely. And if you're going to go around peddling tinfoil-hat theories, you might choose a more exciting target than traffic lights!