(08 Sep 2015, 5:34 pm)cbma06 wrote I was on the edge of banging my head off the window with all the talk of chester road such and such at each stop, I would like to know if a survey was done for the blind and half deaf people to see if their got off at the wrong bus stop in the past, what did their do before all this fancy gizmo stuff came out
It's progress though. Progress in the right direction when it comes to accessibility of public transport.
Let's be honest though. NSAs are never going to be everybody's cup of tea. Some will find them fantastic, and others will find them an annoyance. We shouldn't forget though that some people are reliant on them.
In answer to your question though - they most likely struggled, or worse still, didn't bother with buses. In the same boat as wheelchair users, before low floor buses came along.