Digital displays and announcements on buses

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh OK that makes sense, although they're using it on journeys where the train doesn't split.

Well maybe er, it's automatic - just in case they want to re-route the train somewhere else where it DOES split

 

[littlebabyjesus]

And another thing. If I'm on the Piccadilly line at 11.30 at night, I can't alight at Covent Garden for London's Transport Museum.

IT'S FUCKING SHUT.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I often get on a bus and then realise I can't remember what bus I've got on.

Well ask someone then.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well ask someone then.

I have done before but they don't know either

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Should London transport be run for the benefit of tourists and fuckwits or for the majority of people who live in the city?

It irritates me that the person who takes the same route to work each day is now bombarded with repetitious, loud announcements that they do not need. I now actively avoid the buses with automatic voices on them, but there are more and more of them all the time. It's actually a relief to use the crappy old, announcement-free Thames link trains.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It irritates me that the person who takes the same route to work each day is now bombarded with repetitious, loud announcements that they do not need.

I totally agree.

The 159 AND the 59 now has them. Only another 6 routes to go on Brixton Hill before it's impossible to get away from them

PS: I hope you're not calling me a fuckwit

 

[littlebabyjesus]

PS: I hope you're not calling me a fuckwit

You had not enough wit to check which bus you were getting on, but enough to realise that the solution to this problem was to ask another passenger. Borderline case.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You had not enough wit to check which bus you were getting on, but enough to realise that the solution to this problem was to ask another passenger. Borderline case.

ah, but you see, I just jump on any bus that goes down Brixton Hill because they ALL go to the tube station. However, you can sometimes get into Brixton and realise that the tube is shut and you're therefore going to have to get the bus into work. Then it is handy to know what bus you're on so you know if you'll need to get off the bus or continue your journey or break it at Elephant

 

[littlebabyjesus]

ah, but you see, I just jump on any bus that goes down Brixton Hill because they ALL go to the tube station. However, you can sometimes get into Brixton and realise that the tube is shut and you're therefore going to have to get the bus into work. Then it is handy to know what bus you're on so you know if you'll need to get off the bus or continue your journey or break it at Elephant

In which case, as I say, you ask someone. If all else fails, there's always the driver.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

In which case, as I say, you ask someone. If all else fails, there's always the driver.

Yeah, but then you feel like a plonker

 

[aqua]

They have them in Nottingham. Last year was the first time I'd encountered them.

They don't have them here in Stoke

do they have buses in stoke?

 

[cybertect]

In which case, as I say, you ask someone. If all else fails, there's always the driver.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Is he called Johnny?

 

[cybertect]

I guess so.

 

[teuchter]

You're joking?

Actually, it's Blenheim Gardens and the woman's voice announces it in a very husky, satisfied manner

No, I'm not joking. Nisa was announced as Selfridges, and then as we proceeded down the hill we were presented with a random selection of other stops which didn't even seem to be in sequential order. We had passed parliament square before getting as far as Brixton town hall.

The other day the stop outside the twon hall was announced as Kennington Church.

I really don't know why they bother installing these things until they are confident it can be 99% accurate. Otherwise you are potentially making things even worse than they would be otherwise for blind / deaf / lost people.

 

[Mation]

It tells you the number of the bus you are on and where it is going AFTER EVERY FUCKING STOP.

For whose benefit? You're already on, you should have already swiped your Oyster. If you didn't know what bus it was or where it was going, why the fuck did you get on it in the first place? Why is everybody made to suffer for the benefit of fuckwits who get on the wrong bus? Nothing to do with partially blind/deaf access. Just unthinking intrusion on our lives.

LEAVE US ALONE.

Yes it's bloody annoying! After EVERY FUCKING ANNOUNCEMENT at EVERY FUCKING STOP I have to put up with you snarling and muttering about how bloody annoying the announcements are!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I guess so.

You mean you don't know the robot's name?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No, I'm not joking. Nisa was announced as Selfridges, and then as we proceeded down the hill we were presented with a random selection of other stops which didn't even seem to be in sequential order. We had passed parliament square before getting as far as Brixton town hall.

The other day the stop outside the twon hall was announced as Kennington Church.

I really don't know why they bother installing these things until they are confident it can be 99% accurate. Otherwise you are potentially making things even worse than they would be otherwise for blind / deaf / lost people.

Think of all those poor tourists looking for Parliament in Brixton

 

[DG55]

This thing is on the number 10, too.

I dont mind it really, but what does annoy me is that 'Bus stopping at next bus stop, please stand well clear of doors'. Now THAT is fucking useless!

Imagine if they had that on the tube too. I mean what the fuck is wrong with beeping. Its also quite obvious that if you keep repeating something every 2 minutes, people wont actually pay attention to it at all after they've heard it 20 times.

 

[cybertect]

You mean you don't know the robot's name?

Well, I do know it's a JohnnyCab.

e2a: He "Hello, I'm Johnnycab" as a greeting.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well, I do know it's a JohnnyCab.

Yeah, see I know he's a JohnnyCab which is why I asked if he was Johnny. Now how come I can remember that which I've not seen for years and years and yet I can't remember what sodding bus I'm sitting on

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This thing is on the number 10, too.

I dont mind it really, but what does annoy me is that 'Bus stopping at next bus stop, please stand well clear of doors'. Now THAT is fucking useless!

Imagine if they had that on the tube too. I mean what the fuck is wrong with beeping. Its also quite obvious that if you keep repeating something every 2 minutes, people wont actually pay attention to it at all after they've heard it 20 times.

Oh, you've just reminded me. On the bus I was on yesterday, they announced to "please be aware as pickpockets were operating in this area". I suspected that as we were on Brixton High Street, but it was repeated when we were on the Hill

 

[cybertect]

I dont mind it really, but what does annoy me is that 'Bus stopping at next bus stop, please stand well clear of doors'. Now THAT is fucking useless!

Imagine if they had that on the tube too. I mean what the fuck is wrong with beeping.

Beeping might actually work better with some of the school kids on the routes I use. They certainly don't seem to understand the idea of standing well clear of the doors when I'm trying to get out at my stop.

 

[cybertect]

Yeah, see I know he's a JohnnyCab which is why I asked if he was Johnny.

I refer the Right Honorable Member to the [updated] answer to the previous question

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I refer the Right Honorable Member to the [updated] answer to the previous question

I do like that fillum, silly as it is

 

[Sunray]

I find the name slightly disturbing.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I find the name slightly disturbing.

yeah, but you've probably got a filthy mind