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Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island. |
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Posted by RyogaRidesTheMTA on Sat Aug 25 20:53:20 2007, in response to Re: Ready for the S55 reroute & the new S89 on Staten Island., posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Aug 25 16:50:11 2007. What debate? I'm just doing like everyone else is doing--stating what they've either heard or seen.In the past here on BusChat, people always talk about drivers urinating in the rear stairwell on their layovers, or stealing OEM bulkhead numbers (West Farms seems to be the only depot taking preventative measures by putting the numbers on screwed-in plates in the bulkhead rather that decals), or voluntarily leaving the drivers seat a mess for the next driver. Well, I'm doing the same. I'm stating that it appears that it's no secret that drivers vandalize buses at LIB (and as I've stated they've taken steps to prevent it), and rumor has it that Castleton and Yukon operators do the same. I stated before, in my post, which number Bill has provided: "I know the stop request tape have been fixed and covered with a box around the cords, but in two separate buses I've been on, the operator has the bells locked out, and one actually admitted to keeping them off (after I asked him to turn them on) because "they slow [him] down." I never said anything about drivers cutting the stop request cords, though come to think of it, there might be a connection between drivers like the aforementioned person (voluntarily disabling the system via the switch) and the cords being cut. What I did say about driver vandalism is that drivers in Staten Island are known to cut the rear door cords since the 2 seconds it takes for the doors to close after air assist mode is too long and they'd rather have the doors close instantly. Drivers at LIB give that same reason why they do it (I have a family member who works at LIB and hears that statement from drivers who have cut cords), and it probably goes the same for drivers in Staten Island. I'm not desiring to go into any debates about driver vandalism, I'm just stating what I've heard and patterns I've observed. I will however, reiterate that I have already given a quote from a driver who turns off the stop request system at his own will, and that drivers are prone to do anything--though I wish they'd think about the consequences it has on the riders they carry. |
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