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Smoking on busses

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Started 3 years ago by al
Latest reply from kenny

Al
Member

ricululous situation, dublin bus turn a blind eye to it, so do the drivers but their afraid to stand up to theese ignorant w***ers they should put smoke alarms on buses..I had a heart op and Im barely able to sit downstairs never mind upstairs..any thoughts

Posted 3 years ago #
Al
Member

That's one of the things that happens when you do away with conductors, Al...or is that Myles? or Gary? or whatever your handle is lately. Maybe you'll have an SUV when you grow up and don't have to worry about such issues...?

Posted 3 years ago #
SickCert
Member

Try the 44c , the hash head QBC !! all aboard.

Posted 3 years ago #
sandy
Member

Dont think smoke alarms would work Ud get kids setting them off with lighters for the laugh.Maybe they could use undercover Guards more open...Theyd be better off doin that rarther then causing gridlock with their red glowsticks.They'll have gaz masks and whistles next...Early 90s rave style (Bit of the point,Sorry)

Posted 3 years ago #
sandy
Member

Gard's as in Garda,Not Guards

Posted 3 years ago #
sandy
Member

Maybe they could use undercover Gard's more often.(not "more open). I apologise...My decoraters are in

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

try a spell check Sandi..Gardai is the correct spelling.. you silly girl...
[posted by: ad11]

Posted 3 years ago #
AlekSmart
Member

Decorators.....In.....?

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

Sandy's time off de month .. i think.. ya know how woman are..?? or do you?....
[posted by: ad11]

Posted 3 years ago #
sandy
Member

Mr ad11 you win this weeks prize.Correct...Time of the month...Parting of the red sea

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

AD11 1 - 0 Sandy hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
[posted by: AD11]

Posted 3 years ago #
sandy
Member

NoNo No!!
ad11 1-0 Alek Smart(or not so smart)
ad11 u coulnt beat me at anything Bitch!. Im the King,i mean,Quenn

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

yeah Princess maybe... i Am the Queen Bee ...Love. so get on another bus love.. only room for one Queen here.. now shuush Barry Williams.!!! :-)
[posted by: ad11]

Posted 3 years ago #
Al
Member

some very PARANOID ppl here on this forum Im not posing as any1 at all,that was my first post although I read this forum with interest. I just think Dublin bus should get up off their arses do something

Posted 3 years ago #
kevin
Member

Dublin bus are doing something,if a driver goes sick because he was overcome by the smell of gear they shoot him down and dont let him back to work

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

Today I Got Off The 27 At Priorswood And Had To Push Past A Pure Scumbag On The Stairs Who Had A Can In One Hand And A Joint In The Other!!!Then 2 Add 2 The Insults When This Scumbag Got Off The Driver Saw He Was Smoking & Drinking And Did Nothing!!!
[posted by: Daz]

Posted 3 years ago #
sandy
Member

Yes im back Wooo. What do you think the driver should of done?

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

Like it or not, it is a driver's responsibility to ensure that all passengers are safe. If illegal substances are being consumed, the driver is obliged to address the situation appropriately. i.e. call the guardians of the peace.
[posted by: Mr Angry]

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

Oh who let Laura Ingles, Miss Prim and Proper In???.. call the police me arse... you ever dealt with smoking scum, Face 2 Face... Think Not!.

p.s. how would you handle Them??

p.s.s. my mates a bus driver :-)
[posted by: ad11]

Posted 3 years ago #
sandy
Member

In Daz's case the scumbag was on the stairs because he knew the driver wouldnt be able to see him there.So the first the driver knew of him smoking and drinking was when he saw him getting off.At this point it is out of the drivers control,plus the problem has gone away,because he is off the bus now.
Bus drivers are there to get you from A to B,it isn't,Mr Angry, their responsibility to ensure all passengers are safe(apart from the driving end of things).
Why cant Joe soap on the bus ever call the Gard's themselves.Does the driver have to do everything??? People on buses have to stand up to these scumbags coz most of the time the driver isn't aware of the situation,because these people know where they can and cant be seen by the driver/camera

Posted 3 years ago #
jester
Member

Daz if you were asked by the bus driver to pin point who ever was smoking or drinking on the bus , would you ???. because only when a passenger directly points out a passenger can action be taken. and remember when the guards are called it wont be the driver who goes as witness it will be the passenger.
Now to Mr. Angry, i would like you to know that since the smoking ban came into place , it is the drivers place of work that is also affected, so how would you feel if the bus stopped in the middle of the road and the driver gout out becase his place of work is being poluted. A bus driver can be in the same bus for up to six hours where as the passenger at longest would be in the bus for little over an hour

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

I Would Of Pointed Him Out.
[posted by: Daz]

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

You would not have pointed him out.Whenever i smell smoke on my bus i try to do something about it(i have thrown many a person off for smoking),but its very hard for a driver to see who is smoking,also we are not allowed out of our cabs cause if we do get out and something happens Dublin Bus will not back us up cause we we got out of our cab.
Why should we risk our jobs and our lives.

[posted by: A Bus Driver]

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

Slightly off topic but before Christmas I was on the 17:09 15C service from College Street. I got on the bus at Nassau Street and, as the bus was crowded, I went upstairs at sat right at the very back. There was a drunken man two seats in front of me shouting abuse at a foreign couple calling them everything under the sun and he was also abusing other passengers arond them calling them all names under the sun. A man got off the bus just as the bus turned onto Kildare Street and at the Kildare Street stop (at the Stephens Green end of Kildare Street) two policemen came up and escorted the drunken scumbag off the bus. Only for the other mans bravery for actually calling the police and dealing with the situation we could have witnessed something alot worse....
[posted by: busrfreak]

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

"Bus drivers are there to get you from A to B,it isn't,Mr Angry, their responsibility to ensure all passengers are safe(apart from the driving end of things)."

Certainly, many bus drivers will take that 'couldn't-care-less' attitude. At the end of the day though, the driver is responsible for his/her bus AND the safety of those on board. The most stupid thing a driver can possibly do is to leave the cab area to deal with the situation. I've had experience of working nitelink routes and on more than one occasion, pulled up outside the nearest Garda Station for assistance. The 'turn a blind eye' approach of many of my colleagues is extremely dangerous and no doubt will one day, result in serious injury or worse.

I must have a good sense of smell or something, because I can normally spot within seconds if there's a passenger smoking upstairs. My personal policy is to remove the smoker from the bus. I don't bother telling them to put the cigarette (or whatever they happen to be smoking) out - I just switch the engine off, and refuse to drive any further until the offender has got off the bus.
[posted by: Mr Angry]

Posted 3 years ago #
sandy
Member

I don't have 'that', "couldnt care less attitude" you refer to. Maybe you didnt understand or maybe i didnt explain properly.Point i was trying to get at is that a bit of help from the public on the buses wouldnt go a-miss. Your dead right...the switching off the engine routine is very effective. I guess your a non- smoker. Could explain your ability to smell smoke from upstairs

Posted 3 years ago #
karl a driver
Member

bosses in dublin bus are trying but not hard enough only.. way strick ..bring city to a halt
healt is our wealth stand up to scum bags

Posted 3 years ago #
natascha
Member

smoking on buses shouldnt happen and I dont think it happens to often. Why dont u worry about more important stuff. Like no timetables at busstops or the terrible road conditions in some areas, or even that thy wont give change back.

Posted 3 years ago #
sandy
Member

So DB have to fix the roads aswell now do they? While your collecting your timetable info in HQ you can also collect your change......See you do get change back.Just requires a little effort on your part.
The exact fare/no change system is in place for a very good reason....driver safety....because of scumbags robbing drivers when they used to handle money a few years back.So you have Dublin scumbags to blame for having to collect your change in HQ

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
Member

why doesnt martin cullen get 0725 route 220 from ladyswell to cappagh school to show why it happens
[posted by: kenny]

Posted 3 years ago #

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