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I went on the bus today to go and meet Emma. Whilst on the journey the bus pulled oer at a bus stop to pick up some passengers. As the driver closes the door a disabled girl runs towards the bus wavine. People were shouting stop but he wouldnt listen. He just drove off.

How horrible is that?!!?!?

I mean, what an arse.

I feel guilty and I wasnt the bus driver.

How does he sleep at night?
 
Thats well harsh!
You all should of kept ring the bell till he stopped and went back haha
 
That`s really sad...

But unfortunately all too common these days.

Pure "jobsworths!"
 
I don't "do" public transport, mainly because the last time I was on a bus some eejit shot out a window from....and the driver just stopped, in a street that is like a sniper's alley in Beruit, and wanted us all to get off so he could return to the depot :cuckoo:
 
you get this a lot in London
I brought it up with a bus inspector once and apparently if the driver is caught picking up or dropping of somewhere other than a bus stop they lose their job and if caught by the police they lose their license.
not sure if thats completely true but sounds feasable
 
badgerbaiter said:
you get this a lot in London
I brought it up with a bus inspector once and apparently if the driver is caught picking up or dropping of somewhere other than a bus stop they lose their job and if caught by the police they lose their license.
not sure if thats completely true but sounds feasable
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Correct, it's actually the bus company who can lose their licence, not the driver. There was a case in the paper up here yesterday about bus drivers who were stopping daily outwith a bustop to let an 80+ year old man off so that he didn't have to walk so far and the bus company banned them from doing it, citing health and safety regulations as the reason they would lose their licence....
 
The driver can lose his license.
It's the regional Traffic Commissioner who can take their license away.....including their car license too.

Extreme case scenario of course, but it's entirely possible.

I used to drop some people off inbetween stops if they needed it (the elderly when it was raining etc), but only if it was safe of course.

Of course this driver could have been a complete bumhole, but he also might not have seen her not heard anyone asking him to stop (the nightscreens they have do a great job of isolating the cab from noise). Could be a dozen reasons why he didn't stop again.

I've been shot at a few times too, one went through the cab window, narrowly missing me, it certainly isn't fun.
 
I am currently on crutches, and have been using buses in London a bit recently, and have to say just how amazed I have been - EVERY time, the driver will pull up right beside me, making it easy for me to get on before the others, and then, EVERY time, I have been offered a seat. On the one time when I was trying to get off a very full bus and the driver closed the doors before I was able to get off, a fellow passanger shouted out, the driver stopped, and actually came round to apologise to me.
Not all of them are bad guys, though clearly Marcel might have been one...
 
My dads a bus driver, has been for a few years, but yeah, there a lot of bus drivers that are inconsiderate barstewards. However, theres an equal amount of nice, pleasant ones.

Plus, people moan that bus drivers do this, bus drivers do that, and I myself used to do it when I was at school and used to use the busses regularly. But what people don't understand is that they have a job to do. They've got set rules to follow, set times to be at places, and set do's and dont's.

My dad was on an early morning shift a few weeks ago, he was heading into Manchester at about 9.20am. He stopped at a bus stop, and an old women got on, by this time it was about 9.26am. After 9.30am, OAP's get free travel.

So, this old women gets on and shows my dad her free travel pass. It was 9.27am, not 9.30am, so he made her pay the 70p. A women gets on behind the old lady, pays, and my dad sets off.

He gets a few minutes down the road to the next stop, and the old lady, aswell as the other lady, both get off the bus. As this other lady gets to the front, she said to my dad 'it's disgusting, making her pay for the sake of 3 minutes'.

Whilst shes correct, and it is a bit picky, what people dont realise is that my dad made her pay for a reason. It was 9.27am, not 9.30am

Ok, so look at it like this. The old women gets on again, at the same time, and my dad politely smiles and lets her on the bus, for free, 3 minutes earlier than it says he's allowed to. He sets off, and when he gets to the next stop theres an inspector there, he gets on and starts checking tickets etc. It's a random act, as that's what inspectors do, you never know where there might be one.

The inspector gets on, see's this womens pass and it's not 9.30am. My dad looses his job.

Not so picky really is it, when theres a job at stake. He looses his job, he doesn't provide for his family, pay the bills etc. So for the sake of 3 minutes, she has to pay. Just that people don't seem to understand this, but it'd be different if the shoe was on their foot & it was their job at stake.

It's definatly made me look at it in a new light.
 
The driver may have been Polish or Czech and not understood what was being shouted at him.
 
My wife was crossing Deansgate in Manchester when she was 8 months pregnant, a bus actually drove at her making her run to get out of his way, ******, wish i'd been there :bat:
 
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