The voice that tells you which bus you just boarded

[Crispy]

yes I think they are, on average, useful. and the two two provides me with entertainment if I forgot to bring a book.

 

[Jonti]

It says "Too" twice. It sounds silly. It's the most pathetic thing in the world to find amusing. I should probably kill myself

Try caching the bus to Tooting with a friend ...

Two to Tooting!

heh!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

yes I think they are, on average, useful. and the two two provides me with entertainment if I forgot to bring a book.

where does the two two go to?

 

[dodgepot]

i'm glad the voice on the 37 changed from saying "brockwell lee-do" to "brockwell lie-do". that was getting to annoy me.

 

[dodgepot]

where does the two two go to?

to the ballet.

 

[story]

to the ballet.

Oh please let it go to Saddler's Wells

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

to the ballet.

ah, I wonder if it goes to any choo choo stations?

 

[Crispy]

marylebone to west norwood

 

[mrsfran]

Blind people find it very useful.

What number buses go to Seven Sisters, then?

The 73 does.

i'm glad the voice on the 37 changed from saying "brockwell lee-do" to "brockwell lie-do". that was getting to annoy me.

The stop outside my house says "Lee-do" instead of "lie-do". Drives me mad. It's LIE-DO MOTHERFUCKERS.

***

I used to love the man who did the announcements for the Waterloo - Reading train, because you could tell he fucking LOVED saying "Martin's Heron." All the other stops were said in a very mundane way, "Winnersh... Wokingham.. Bracknell... Martins Heron." He just sounded like he loved saying it. Martin's Heron.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Blind people find it very useful.



The 73 does.



The stop outside my house says "Lee-do" instead of "lie-do". Drives me mad. It's LIE-DO MOTHERFUCKERS.

***

I used to love the man who did the announcements for the Waterloo - Reading train, because you could tell he fucking LOVED saying "Martin's Heron." All the other stops were said in a very mundane way, "Winnersh... Wokingham.. Bracknell... Martins Heron." He just sounded like he loved saying it. Martin's Heron.

I'm sure the voice has changed but when it first started, the voice saying Blenheim Gardens was very sexy sounding

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Blind people find it very useful.

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The announcement of stops, no doubt, but the announcement of what bus they are on after the doors have closed at every stop? A blind person, like anyone else, will have found out which bus it was either before getting on or as they get on by asking the driver.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The announcement of stops, no doubt, but the announcement of what bus they are on after the doors have closed at every stop? A blind person, like anyone else, will have found out which bus it was either before getting on or as they get on by asking the driver.

how do you know a blind person isn't getting on at every stop eh?

 

[mrsfran]

The announcement of stops, no doubt, but the announcement of what bus they are on after the doors have closed at every stop? A blind person, like anyone else, will have found out which bus it was either before getting on or as they get on by asking the driver.

The announcement plays as people are getting on the bus, not after the door closes. That way a blind person can find out what bus it is before getting on it without having to ask someone else. On a bendy bus it may be difficult to locate the driver when getting on not at the front.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

They don't use the "please use the seats upstairs" announcement nearly enough

 

[littlebabyjesus]

The announcement plays as people are getting on the bus, not after the door closes. .

No it doesn't. It plays after everyone has got on, unless there is a huge scrum, and very often it plays after the doors have closed. It also booms out upstairs.

It's the same with the Tube. By the time the woman has listed every possible line you can change to plus any random places of interest nearby and got round to telling you what line the train is, everyone has already got on or off. And why repeat it? They announce the whole the next station is, change for... thing twice for each stop. In central London, that is hugely irritating. Yes, I know – you told me about 10 seconds ago.


And the random patronising bits of advice 'please remember to take your litter with you,' etc. The constant noise has seriously affected my enjoyment of travel in London. It's become an ordeal.

 

[mrsfran]

No it doesn't. It plays after everyone has got on, unless there is a huge scrum, and very often it plays after the doors have closed. It also booms out upstairs.

I disagree with you. There's a bus stop directly outside my house and I hear buses arriving, followed by the announcement, about every 5 minutes. But I can't prove it to you, so we can only agree to disagree.

In the case of bendy buses, where a blind person is unable to check with the driver, the announcement will still be useful even if it plays once the door is closed because they can know as soon as possible if they're on the wrong bus and get off again. It means they don't have to rely on other passengers for information.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I disagree with you. There's a bus stop directly outside my house and I hear buses arriving, followed by the announcement, about every 5 minutes. But I can't prove it to you, so we can only agree to disagree.

In the case of bendy buses, where a blind person is unable to check with the driver, the announcement will still be useful even if it plays once the door is closed because they can know as soon as possible if they're on the wrong bus and get off again. It means they don't have to rely on other passengers for information.

I agree with babyjesus

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I

In the case of bendy buses, where a blind person is unable to check with the driver, the announcement will still be useful even if it plays once the door is closed because they can know as soon as possible if they're on the wrong bus and get off again. It means they don't have to rely on other passengers for information.

Can there not be an indication by the bus stop of where the front doors will stop so that they can get on at the front and pass the driver?

Bendy buses are good for one thing and one thing only – people with push chairs. They're shit for everyone else. Hardly any seats. Of the seats that there are, half of them face the wrong way. You can hardly see anything outside. There's no upstairs where you can sit at the front and pretend you're the driver...

 

[dodgepot]

The announcement of stops, no doubt, but the announcement of what bus they are on after the doors have closed at every stop? A blind person, like anyone else, will have found out which bus it was either before getting on or as they get on by asking the driver.

i've seen people in the past get on a bus in a hurry and then ask someone else what bus it is once they've sat down. and as i said previously, people don't always see the destination board when they get on - the announcement is helpful in that it tells you how far along the route the bus is going to go.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Can there not be an indication by the bus stop of where the front doors will stop so that they can get on at the front and pass the driver?

Bendy buses are good for one thing and one thing only – people with push chairs. They're shit for everyone else. Hardly any seats. Of the seats that there are, half of them face the wrong way. You can hardly see anything outside. There's no upstairs where you can sit at the front and pretend you're the driver...

I feel sorry for blind people who miss buses because half a dozen turn up at once so the bus you want is miles away and by the time they get to it, it's probably half way to its next stop

 

[littlebabyjesus]

i've seen people in the past get on a bus in a hurry and then ask someone else what bus it is once they've sat down. and as i said previously, people don't always see the destination board when they get on - the announcement is helpful in that it tells you how far along the route the bus is going to go.

Which you can ask the driver or, if you are not blind, can read on the display board.

In the case you outline, what exactly is wrong with asking someone? People are invariably more than happy to help if they can.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Which you can ask the driver or, if you are not blind, can read on the display board.

In the case you outline, what exactly is wrong with asking someone? People are invariably more than happy to help if they can.

You mean talk to someone?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I feel sorry for blind people who miss buses because half a dozen turn up at once so the bus you want is miles away and by the time they get to it, it's probably half way to its next stop

Indeed. There are places where getting on a bus when you're blind must be very difficult indeed. I don't know the answer to that one other than that sometimes people have to ask others for help. It's a bit of a sorry state of affairs when everyone is utterly determined never to speak to anyone else. I know that it's a question of independence, but there's no shame in it. Helping a blind person at a bus stop is the very least any of us can do.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Indeed. There are places where getting on a bus when you're blind must be very difficult indeed. I don't know the answer to that one other than that sometimes people have to ask others for help. It's a bit of a sorry state of affairs when everyone is utterly determined never to speak to anyone else. I know that it's a question of independence, but there's no shame in it. Helping a blind person at a bus stop is the very least any of us can do.

I do sometimes, but I'd never dream of asking anyone myself. I'm far too shy

 

[grubby local]

It's only Britain that disembodied voices are so omnipresent. It's like aural torture. Supermarkets, post office, bank queues, satnavs etc etc. Automatons, often on repeat. "Go to aisle number six please" etc etc.

Made me actually scream "shut up" like a mad man in public places for days when I landed back in the UK. I feel like I'm in some film I can't switch off.

Makes use of an ipod essential for travel, shopping to not drive me insane. Which means one isolating device (ie don't talk to anyone) cause me to use another one.

The ratio between it being useful to annoying is 1-100. Fucking talk to people! Ask directions! Look to see which aisle is free! What's wrong with music on transport? Colour, life, action, fun, like in most of the world.

It kills me, I tell ya!
gx

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What's wrong with music on transport? Colour, life, action, fun, like in most of the world.

It kills me, I tell ya!
gx

Some people are still half asleep and don't wish to be woken by crap music

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It's only Britain that disembodied voices are so omnipresent. It's like aural torture. Supermarkets, post office, bank queues, satnavs etc etc. Automatons, often on repeat. "Go to aisle number six please" etc etc.


gx

It's sprung up in just the last three or four years really. The endless security announcements at train stations also get to me. What exactly am I supposed to do with the information that security personnel tour this station 24 hours a day?

Alongside the billions of pounds' worth of CCTV everywhere, the ever-growing areas where you can't drink in public, etc, we've somehow turned into Singapore.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Some people are still half asleep and don't wish to be woken by crap music

They'd rather be woken by the disembodied voice of a nice lady instead.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

They'd rather be woken by the disembodied voice of a nice lady instead.

 

[T & P]

I missed the days when people were capable of exiting buses without incident and without the help of alarm beeps and voices to warn them the doors were about to close