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Post by mcf86 on Sept 23, 2010 21:57:06 GMT
Anyone else seen some Oxford buses that can operate pedestrian crossings by a remote device?
I refer to the number 15 bus that goes between the town centre and Woodfarm, when the bus in question is turning right out of Girdlestone Rd onto Windmill Rd there is often heavy traffic in both directions- so the driver remotely operates the Pedestrian crossing to enable him to pull out!
I have only seen bus drivers with this facility, why can't the general public have one?!
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Post by Cutteslowe Chris on Sept 23, 2010 22:04:34 GMT
some emergency vehicles have them,and they can change all lights.
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Post by kassyite on Sept 23, 2010 23:12:50 GMT
sometimes at night if you shove ya lights on full beam as you near traffic lights they change to green.......unless its just been coincidence............. ;D have a go and report back...........  |
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Post by Gavin Archery on Sept 24, 2010 8:07:45 GMT
Is this true? Bus drivers controlling pedestrian crossings?
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Post by mcf86 on Sept 24, 2010 18:12:49 GMT
Is this true? Bus drivers controlling pedestrian crossings? Yes, it's not a wind up! If you look above the drivers side window there's a domed whatsit, that's the aparartus i believe. |
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Post by oxymoron on Sept 24, 2010 19:36:06 GMT
Emergency vehicles have been able to invoke "signal priority" (for obvious reasons) for some time; it seems a logical development to extend something similar to mass transit systems.....
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Post by peterdevo on Sept 24, 2010 19:41:42 GMT
Interestingly some buses are fitted with cameras with the intention of photographing offenders following them in the bus lanes. All well and good but what happens when you get a stationery vehicle in front of you and you have to use the bus lane
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Post by kassyite on Sept 24, 2010 19:53:02 GMT
Interestingly some buses are fitted with cameras with the intention of photographing offenders following them in the bus lanes. All well and good but what happens when you get a stationery vehicle in front of you and you have to use the bus lane You're meant to stop and wait...like i do........................not!! ;D |
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Post by Behind The Goal on Sept 26, 2010 13:11:39 GMT
But how can the bus pull out if there is line of traffic stopped at the lights (coming from headington) blocking his way?
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Post by mcf86 on Sept 30, 2010 10:35:58 GMT
But how can the bus pull out if there is line of traffic stopped at the lights (coming from headington) blocking his way? Watch and learn!! At the end of Girdlestone Rd the bus turns right towards Woodfarm, and usually creeps onto the 'Clear Zone' left erm clear by other traffic to an from Headington! |
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Post by loveandpride on Sept 30, 2010 13:03:04 GMT
Bus w*nkers!
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