(09 Jun 2014, 6:36 pm)DaveyBowyer wrote What happened to the following:
- Sticking hand out clearly in good time
- Ringing the bell in good time and making way to front holding on to handrails as bus is stopping or if vunlerable, remaining seated?

I for one must say I only really follow the 'hand at the stop' thing - yet on one occasion the driver just wasn't paying attention and drove straight past.......

Normally as soon as I see the indicator flashing and the bus slowing that I put my hand back and retrieve my Key Card.

I'm terrible for the 'please ring the bell once and remain seated until the bus has stopped' thing. If I ring the bell a little early after just pulling out from the stop before - I tend to ring it again just to make sure the driver heard. It's happened many a time with me when I have rung the bell and the driver has just carried on driving past my stop - even though they have that red light in their cab that tells them, don't they?

Recently I've had a bit of bother with one of Chester's drivers with the stop thing. Once on 4906 on the 71 - I pressed the bell twice and he said 'you only have to press it once, I heard you the first time'. Then on 3868 on the 71 on Saturday, he was shaking his head with 'disbelief' as I put my hand out at my local stop, the Durham Cricket Club (CLS Cricket Club) and slyly muttered 'you just fr***ing walk up the street - your pretty much already on it' as I took my seat.