... to get home after a night out, where generally, i'm in the middle of town where there are lots of tube stations. I would imagine this pattern accounts for the majority of post-closing-time bus use, although of course not all. I'm stumped as to how you could deal with the problem in the situation you describe, though. Night buses don't take cash, so no solution involving a...

...hi/england/london/7603444.stm A bus driver has been arrested after his...on Sunday morning. Police said the bus collided with a tram before it...>>> One *might* infer that dangerous bus driver (although the dangerous is ...to save a hostage on the bus/ "Thurrock Gazette A 28-year-old...George Street. After the collision the bus continued to travel at speed down...

... trying to get home after a night out, where generally, i'm in the middle of town where there are lots of tube stations. I would imagine this pattern accounts for the majority of post-closing-time bus use, although of course not all. I'm stumped as to how you could deal with the problem in the situation you describe, though. Night buses don't take cash, so no solution involving a...

... accounts for the majority of post-closing-time bus use, although of course not all. I'm.... You couldn't put those at every bus stop, or even as many bus stops as have ticket-for-coin machines, as they'd be too expensive ...probably put them at railway stations and key bus nodes (places like Clapton Pond, say). Would...the code into a special gizmo on the bus, checks to see if it flashes a ...

... morning cup of tea with a twenty. That cuppa costs less than a bus ticket. What's the problem? Now, if the bus ticket cost something like 63p, or GBP1.63 then I could understand that it's ... would need to find several coins of different denominations. But he doesn't. Bus tickets are an integer number of pounds. Therefore he needs one denomination. ...

...how many people knowing they're going to catch a bus later wouldn't make sure they had some pound coins...who *don't* know that they're going to catch a bus later? and the bus driver has no change he should have the option to issue tickets for however many... amount so he can get his change on another bus, or at a "ticket stop", or at a station ...

... retailers the ability to refuse payment if offered in too high a denomination? A retailer can refuse to accept any form of payment, as a debt doesn't normally exist to pay off. As can a bus driver. The difference is that the former are in my experience a lot more reasonable over changing notes than the latter. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.

... to be honest how many people knowing they're going to catch a bus later wouldn't make sure they had some pound coins on them?) and the bus driver has no change he should have the option to issue tickets for however ... off and walk. That would make sense. Or allow Oyster top-up on bus. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.

... precisely two over and above a fiver. If you think I'm being unreasonable then go into a corner shop and see the reaction you get if you try and buy a mars bar with a 50 quid note. But I would be surprised to find gbp20 not accepted. And a Mars bar costs less than a third of the price of a London cash bus fare. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.

On Sep 15, 9:29 pm, Steve Fitzgerald <junk@[127.0.0.1]> wrote: All I can say is that as a union rep is that you should pull you head out of your arse and the managers cock out of your arse. Come do a bus drivers job and see how long you last because I give you 24 hours before your in tears crying for mummy, or threatening strike action