dilligaf Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 2 hours ago, MrPB said: Apparently it is no longer merely acceptable to stand at a bus stop and expect a bus to stop for you. You now have to devise some sort of secret wave to alert the bus driver to the fact that you expect him to stop at the bus stop you are standing at even though you are standing at a bus stop (presumably as you wish to board a bus). Using public services used to be so simple before all these complex rules. I always presumed that they invented bus stops so that buses stopped for people who indicated that they wanted to get on a bus by standing at a bus stop. https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/please-signal-to-bus-drivers-says-iom-transport/ So the bus pulls in at the stop and the people stand still as they want a different bus. Driver pulls back out wasting more time and fuel. You may have noticed that different busses go to different places. They have numbers on the front and destinations, so if it is the one you want, you put your hand out. If it is not the one you want you get back to Facebook, Instagram or whatever until the correctly numbered bus comes along. Simples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 It is obviously too much of a challenge for MR PB to extend his arm, now why does that not surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPB Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 14 minutes ago, hissingsid said: It is obviously too much of a challenge for MR PB to extend his arm, now why does that not surprise me. I imagine you extend your arm frequently and vigorously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightening McQueen Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 How are you meant to text and signal to the bus at the same time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Jeez... You have always had to signal the bus to request them to stop. You should try getting a bus in the centre of a major city and seen how you fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Lightening McQueen said: How are you meant to text and signal to the bus at the same time? Very easily according to the Facebook post that seems to have given rise to this 'story': Quote Isle of Man Transport Put your hands up in the air! Remember all our bus stops are request stops so make sure you signal to the bus driver. Also at night if you’re in an unlit bus stop and have a smart phone please use the torch, it will help the driver see you. Indeed being on your smartphone seems to the only way to get noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grounds Keeper Willy Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 The funniest thing is that you know they have only issued this announcement as someone has probably majorly kicked off about a bus driver not stopping for them. So they have to try to make it the users fault not the drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 2 hours ago, manxman1980 said: Jeez... You have always had to signal the bus to request them to stop. You should try getting a bus in the centre of a major city and seen how you fare. Quite. And how much better to raise an arm and make eye contact with the driver than to stand vacantly and feel like a twat as the bus sails past. It's simple self-interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 A few years back the buses always used to stop for our elderly neighbour Alf Kelly...everywhere and anytime he was out walking. We assumed he knew all the drivers or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Common sense really sadly so out of fashion it has to be pointed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Well, I do wave them down these days but that still hasn't stopped at least two of them recently from ignoring me and going past the stop without stopping. A written complaint to banks circus was never replied to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 18 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: To some extent this is how it has always been and I suppose it's basically making sure that people signal so a dozy bus driver doesn't miss them. But I wonder if there is a slight change in policy here in that certain stops (usually the main one in a village or whatever) were always treated as compulsory halts - often because the bus needed to be held back for a minute or so to get back on timetable. Recently I've noticed that they haven't always stopped there (say at the main stop in Ballasalla) in there was no one to get on/off. So that may be a change in practice if not in theory. Yes, I noticed that at the Manx Arms stop in Onchan a few days ago (late afternoon). No one waiting and obviously no one alighting so it just sailed on past. I always thought (obviously wrongly) that it was a definite, not a maybe, stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 12 hours ago, woolley said: Quite. And how much better to raise an arm and make eye contact with the driver than to stand vacantly and feel like a twat as the bus sails past. It's simple self-interest. That's always assuming the driver wants to make eye contact with you...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Andy Onchan said: That's always assuming the driver wants to make eye contact with you...... too busy keeping an eye on the kidnapped prostitute in a suitcase....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Mainwaring Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Andy Onchan said: Yes, I noticed that at the Manx Arms stop in Onchan a few days ago (late afternoon). No one waiting and obviously no one alighting so it just sailed on past. I always thought (obviously wrongly) that it was a definite, not a maybe, stop. Why would a bus stop where no one wanted on or off, if it was on time or indeed running a bit late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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