I was reading a post from some one regarding putting your hand out posted by MK TOM.
He said the following
post by MK TOM
(I've always assumed that when you're waiting for a bus and your desired bus approaches, you hold your arm out to signal that you want it to stop. Here in Milton Keynes, regardless of how many routes serve your stop, if you don't do that the bus simply won't stop, and it's always been that way. Yet I've been seeing a friend living in Rugby lately, and there literally nobody does it. At first I thought it was just because most of the stops on service 4 are only served by that route, but it even applies to the town centre stops that are served by multiple routes. People just stand there staring into space and the bus dutifully pulls in for them. So if the entire town operates that policy, how do you indicate to the driver if it's not the bus you're waiting for? Are there any other towns that don't do it or was I right to assume it was the normal thing to hold out your arm?)
I am a bus driver and wanted to say some thing on this subject. I hope my opinion has merit on this subject. We as bus drivers get very angry when people will not put their hand out for the bus. It is stupidity people are told in school or by their parents that if you need to catch a bus you need to hold your hand out. I find it so ridiculous that children will put their arm out and yet adults and OAPs can not do this simple thing. both arriva and metro at various times have put up posters to remind people.
I am tired of being Mystic Meg trying to figure out if you want my bus or not. A oap told me once that she thought she did not have to do it any more which is stupid. Their is a page on arrivas website that tells you how to get a bus to stop. Even some arrivas buses do have posters on some of their buses.
Before any one says well I am stud at a bus stop so clearly I want the bus. I say to this some routes have multiple buses on that road. How am I supposed to know you need my bus ? remember most bus stops are at request. This means you need to request the bus by asking for it. You do this by using your hand.
We need to focus on the road for safety not focus on who wants the bus or not. If we suddenly stop because you want the bus because you decide to put your hand out at the last minute this becomes dangerous to other road users and passengers on the bus. I wanted to point out that I have stopped at many stops because some people are waiting their to be told they don't want the bus. They are playing a game on their mobile or talking on the phone or want to get out of the rain or are waiting for some one.
If you ever wondered why a bus driver has driven past you it means you did not try to tell him you want the bus. Most bus drivers will stop if you try to tell him you want the bus. Many bus drivers feel if you can not be bothered to put your hand out he will feel why should I be bothered to stop.
I also want to note that OAPs are the worst. I wish I never had to pick them up OAPS up because they cause more issues than drunken lads late at night cause.
Have you ever wondered why a bus turns up late when traffic is ok and their is no road works? OAPS make us late they take up so much time and never have good manors not all but many dont even know how to say thank you.
I have had arguments with OAP's over the fact they wont put their hand out. What people need to understand is if your horrible to a driver the next time he remembers you he will not want to pick you up and many drivers will drive past you. You might think this will never happen but one day when your running late and its snowing outside and cold he will drive past you.
We are human beings please treat us with respect.
He said the following
post by MK TOM
(I've always assumed that when you're waiting for a bus and your desired bus approaches, you hold your arm out to signal that you want it to stop. Here in Milton Keynes, regardless of how many routes serve your stop, if you don't do that the bus simply won't stop, and it's always been that way. Yet I've been seeing a friend living in Rugby lately, and there literally nobody does it. At first I thought it was just because most of the stops on service 4 are only served by that route, but it even applies to the town centre stops that are served by multiple routes. People just stand there staring into space and the bus dutifully pulls in for them. So if the entire town operates that policy, how do you indicate to the driver if it's not the bus you're waiting for? Are there any other towns that don't do it or was I right to assume it was the normal thing to hold out your arm?)
I am a bus driver and wanted to say some thing on this subject. I hope my opinion has merit on this subject. We as bus drivers get very angry when people will not put their hand out for the bus. It is stupidity people are told in school or by their parents that if you need to catch a bus you need to hold your hand out. I find it so ridiculous that children will put their arm out and yet adults and OAPs can not do this simple thing. both arriva and metro at various times have put up posters to remind people.
I am tired of being Mystic Meg trying to figure out if you want my bus or not. A oap told me once that she thought she did not have to do it any more which is stupid. Their is a page on arrivas website that tells you how to get a bus to stop. Even some arrivas buses do have posters on some of their buses.
Before any one says well I am stud at a bus stop so clearly I want the bus. I say to this some routes have multiple buses on that road. How am I supposed to know you need my bus ? remember most bus stops are at request. This means you need to request the bus by asking for it. You do this by using your hand.
We need to focus on the road for safety not focus on who wants the bus or not. If we suddenly stop because you want the bus because you decide to put your hand out at the last minute this becomes dangerous to other road users and passengers on the bus. I wanted to point out that I have stopped at many stops because some people are waiting their to be told they don't want the bus. They are playing a game on their mobile or talking on the phone or want to get out of the rain or are waiting for some one.
If you ever wondered why a bus driver has driven past you it means you did not try to tell him you want the bus. Most bus drivers will stop if you try to tell him you want the bus. Many bus drivers feel if you can not be bothered to put your hand out he will feel why should I be bothered to stop.
I also want to note that OAPs are the worst. I wish I never had to pick them up OAPS up because they cause more issues than drunken lads late at night cause.
Have you ever wondered why a bus turns up late when traffic is ok and their is no road works? OAPS make us late they take up so much time and never have good manors not all but many dont even know how to say thank you.
I have had arguments with OAP's over the fact they wont put their hand out. What people need to understand is if your horrible to a driver the next time he remembers you he will not want to pick you up and many drivers will drive past you. You might think this will never happen but one day when your running late and its snowing outside and cold he will drive past you.
We are human beings please treat us with respect.
