[PRCo] Re: Bilingual bus drivers

[Fred Schneider]

You're kidding, a U. S. law?   In what city?

That's about as evenly enforced as the U. S. Supreme Court decision  
that says there is nothing inherently wrong with taking pictures  
(until a cop takes the law into his own hands and arrest you for  
violating a fictitious law).

The list was so quiet I figured it was time to stir something.   It  
worked.   Merry Christmas and all that.


On Dec 8, 2007, at 5:06 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> That, of course, is and has been since 1991, the US law also. I  
> used the PA system to call stops. My voice sounds pretty good (pat  
> on the back) coming through the speakers. However, it has to do  
> with setting the PA system controls when setting the bus up before  
> leaving the garage. I set the volume as high as it will go without  
> causing feedback. I can then speak in what would be a barely  
> audible whisper if I were in a face to face conversation. That  
> comes over the PA as a very clear, distinct voice with a pleasant  
> tone. Now, however, I have been put out of business. I mentioned to  
> someone at the 'get together' that Cleveland RTA was very  
> technologically advanced as far as public transit systems go. We  
> now have a completely automated system using the global positioning  
> satellite system to announce every single stop on any route in the  
> transit system. It's really great and it works like a charm. Every  
> stop is called just before the bus arrives at any given stop. Only in
>  English though.
> Bill Robb <bill937ca at yahoo.ca> wrote:   It is now mandatory that  
> all transit stops in Ontario be called out 100% of the time. A  
> blind lawyer fought the TTC for over 10 years (and $450,000 of TTC  
> money) and won.
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> Herb Brannon
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