(22 May 2015, 9:13 pm)aureolin wrote Not sure about the legality of it, but id ask how a passenger would alert the driver of an emergency, if the driver can't hear for music?
I do remember a bloke that used to drive the X85 years ago, and he'd often have his boom box on some of the quieter evening runs. Those were the days!
He didn't seem to be totally focused on the road at points and changed the destination screen whilst the bus was in motion which on this particular Solo was practically on the roof so to get the destination he must not have been totally focused at this point. Not the first time I've seen this, saw the driver on the 16A one night changing the roller blind to Sorry Not In Service whilst driving down Burnhill Way. Also sure the driver in question missed the last 4 stops of the 16A route out on Monday evening as I saw it at Rushyford and considering the time I saw it and the direction it came from there is no way he went down Burn Lane and Central Avenue and terminate at St Clares Church.
Funny you say about drivers blasting music out, got on the JSB Travel 116 one afternoon and the driver was blasting out some Clubland style tunes which I didn't enjoy and the old biddys probably didn't either.