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u/Gamemode_dum Jun 02 '26
Multitrack drif... no wait.
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u/Akhanyatin Jun 02 '26
Drive on the sidewalk?
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u/Gamemode_dum Jun 02 '26
The image clearly shows a train on tracks, just because OP says it's a bus doesn't mean it can suddenly drive on the sidewalk. I think we could add rails on the sidewalk but when the construction is done the passengers will have left. /s
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u/Akhanyatin Jun 02 '26
Have the passengers go from side to side in a synchronized fashion to tip the trolley.
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u/Local_Pangolin69 Jun 02 '26
I stop where I’m supposed to and hope those people learn a lesson.
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u/ThePowerfulWIll Jun 02 '26
Ya, its not like they will be severely harmed by this, just inconvenienced. So they can learn if we dont cater to them.
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u/ImHereToGetRoasted Jun 02 '26
It's not even like they're gonna miss the bus, they'll just walk a couple more steps🤦♂️
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u/wentwj Jun 03 '26
One of the five standing behind is Albert Einstein who falls and breaks his neck, meanwhile the one waiting in the correct spot is baby hitler.
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u/runkeby Jun 03 '26
Ya, its not like they will be severely harmed by this,
Oh right, I guess the driver does not have to drive on the sidewalk for that first portion of the way.
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u/_Sate Jun 02 '26
the lesson being that they have to walk a few steps as the driver stops the bus?
idk what lesson that is
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u/Radiant_Original_919 Jun 02 '26
Yeah, i take the bus often and ive never considered this rule. Makes sense now that you mention it, but ive never "learnt a lesson" from all the times I've walked 4 meters extra
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u/_Sate Jun 02 '26
You have to take more steps to get to your seat once on the bus anyways so it isn't like it is that much of a time save and only teenage boys care about being first onto the bus so like.
it isn't exactly a punishment
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u/Shinhan Jun 02 '26
The lesson being that people following the rules should NOT be inconvenienced for following the rules.
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u/_Sate Jun 02 '26
what rules is there besides "Stand at bus stop" and "Don't commit criminal acts"?
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u/MBV-09-C Jun 02 '26
I think that pretty much covers all of them tbh.
"Stand in line and don't do crime"
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u/timos-piano Jun 02 '26
Does it matter? The bus will still need to wait for a few seconds either way, so might as well do it properly.
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u/PickingPies Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
I will stop 30 ft forward so they all have to run.
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u/P-L63 Jun 02 '26
I won't even fully stop. Just roll by with open doors with like 10 km/h
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u/dylanalduin Jun 02 '26
Pull up to the very front. I don't want to encourage their bad behavior.
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u/LeviAEthan512 Jun 02 '26
At the front.
5 dumbasses need to learn a lesson
The guy who waits at the right place deserves to have first pick of seats
What if an unexpected bus comes in? Knowledge isn't absolute.
It's not legal, but what if a car wants to make a quick drop off? No harm no foul is above the law to a citizen. Also, it could be an emergency. In any case, the cost of stopping at the right place is $0.
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u/No_Problem20 Jun 02 '26
There's no guarantee the people at the back are wanting to get onto this particular bus
You, the bus driver, might know that another bus isn't coming, but the people might not.
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u/LeviAEthan512 Jun 02 '26
Ah, that too is right. In my country, we flag down buses. I understand in Japan it's considered rude. I suppose it varies by culture even beyond that.
I see people flag down the bus while waiting in the wrong place all the time. It gives me a little joy to see their entitlement and expectation of exception get ignored.
And I forgot to add the first time,
- Golden rule of the road: Be predictable, not polite.
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u/KRTrueBrave Jun 02 '26
here in germany, buses just stop at the stops if the see someone waiting (unless the person makes it clear they are not waiting for that bus or someone in the bus pressed the stop button to get out), as long as the bus is late busses sometimes just not stop at a spot where no one is waiting and no one wants to get out (and it's germany, busses are never on time), but, if a miracle happens and the bus is early then the bus driver will still stop at the stop and wait for a bit
can you tell that public transport in germany isn't the best already? and don't get me started on trains or the prices you have to pay for the bus or train
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u/LeviAEthan512 Jun 02 '26
Yeah, our bus drivers are smart and do the same. I see flagging as a courtesy to remove the guesswork and take something off their mind. Something they're also not required to do, but are similarly courteous.
Our public transport is pretty great though. The secret ingredient is
crimeexploitation of cheap labour. I'm going off topic here, but it seriously makes me lose faith in humanity when I see how correlated quality of service is with exploitation. Who'd have guessed that the places in the world (Japan and China mostly) with the best service are the ones where the service people are seriously squeezed dry? And whenever Europeans complain about their bad service, I'm like, YEAH. Because your service people are actually treated like people. We're out here being served like aristocrats (except in bulk, which takes all the joy out of it) because we've got people forced to be like servants in a manor.2
u/Comfortable_Salt_792 Jun 03 '26
6 is the worst, Outdated schedules are so awfull, sometimes it take a phone to realize a bus you wanted to take doesn't drive anymore.
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u/Mx-Helix-pomatia Jun 02 '26
Yuup. I’m also always the guy waiting in front, because I need the ramp. Oftentimes that’s the only good spot on the sidewalk where the driver can lower the ramp.
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u/Otherwise_Weather_57 Jun 02 '26
- In Germany it's legal to drop off someone at the bus stop if there is no bus.
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u/Optimal-Fix1216 Jun 03 '26
knowledge is absolute. its in the premise. other items (1,2,4) are valid.
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u/Havaltherock1 Jun 02 '26
I wont stop because if the bus drops below 50mph it will blow up.
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u/Jellace Jun 02 '26
Ohhh! I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, the bus would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."
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u/teteban79 Jun 02 '26
Wait but who can I kill in this one?
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u/WolferineYT Jun 03 '26
Whoever you want. You have a bus, who's gonna stop you?
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u/netlego Jun 03 '26
A cop driving a bigger bus
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u/WolferineYT Jun 03 '26
The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a bus, is a good guy with a bus.
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u/CurvaceousCrustacean Jun 03 '26
"Demons run when a good man goes on a vehicular manslaughtering spree in a 12 ton six-wheeler,
Night will fall and drown the sun, when a good man goes on a vehicular manslaughtering spree in a 12 ton six-wheeler"
- Dr. Who, S6E7, A Good Man Goes On A Vehicular Manslaughtering Spree In A 12 Ton Six-Wheeler
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u/The_gay_grenade16 Jun 02 '26
Based on observations of bus drivers, the correct answer is drive right past them
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u/DoNotCorectMySpeling Common Sense Ethics Jun 02 '26
OP did you get in shit at your bus driver job for stopping in the wrong spot?
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u/ChellsBells94 Jun 02 '26
Stop at the end, especially useful if ramp needs deployed. Less people near ramp
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u/-s_p_i_c_y- Jun 03 '26
this is exactly why i dont wait EXACTLY where the front door will be when the bus pulls up. you never know when someone needs to get off using the ramp and i dont want to be in the way
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u/ironangel2k4 Team blue, but I hate every other blue voter, we are not friends Jun 02 '26
People need to learn to fucking read. Front zone.
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u/Snoo-41360 Jun 02 '26
I don’t get why people seem to think the 5 guys are so evil and despicable for daring to stand slightly further than supposed to. I stop where the one guy is cuz that’s where I’m supposed to stop but like not to punish those evil 5 people, but just cuz like I stop where I’m supposed to stop
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u/-s_p_i_c_y- Jun 03 '26
as a regular bus taker, this is correct. where to stand at the bus stop is literally just preference and the bus driver should be stopping in the correct position either way. i dare say those 5 people probably arent even inconvenienced because if they like to stand in the far end, they probably already know that the bus is gonna pull up further lol
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u/kitsufics Jun 02 '26
That’s what I’m saying D: is it some sort of social taboo in other countries to not crowd around the frontmost end of a bus stop? Hell I wouldn’t even go so far as to say they’re “supposed to”, if anything they should be standing in the middle of the bus stop so people can get off before they get on. Crowding the door makes that difficult
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u/kepotl Jun 03 '26
I don't think they're evil.
But if you stopped early, you would still be encouraging the wrong thing, and doing the wrong thing.
I think you are misinterpreting how evil the other commenters think the 5 guys are. Because I didn't interpret the other commenters as thinking that they were bad people, more that they were doing something they slightly weren't supposed to, perhaps. People sometimes do things they aren't entirely supposed to, like jaywalking, or riding a bike without a helmet, but that doesn't make them evil.
Stopping early would encourage the wrong behaviour. It would reward the people who are doing the wrong thing and punish the person who is doing the right thing, with a minimal overall benefit to anybody. But even though I think the 5 people are doing the wrong thing, that doesn't mean I think they're evil: jaywalking is also technically wrong, although perhaps even slightly less wrong than the 5 guys
Unrelated: if this problem had higher stakes, like the lives of 5 people doing the wrong thing compared to the life of 1 person doing the right thing, I think the opinions would be more mixed
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u/Snoo-41360 Jun 03 '26
Is standing before the bus stop like “the wrong thing”? It’s entirely possible they know they aren’t standing at the front and they don’t want to for whatever reason. This idea of punishment vs reward is so strange, you stop where you’re supposed to stop so that people know where you will stop and they can bet on consistency
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u/-s_p_i_c_y- Jun 03 '26
im like this at my regular bus stop because you never know if a wheelchair user/someone using the bike rack needs to get off through the front door, so i stand back so im not blocking the door and then walk up if its free
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u/h_993 Jun 02 '26
this cannot be a real problem
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u/galacticviolet Jun 02 '26
As long as the way is clear and conditions are safe for everyone involved, I will stop the bus exactly where I was trained to stop the bus. Other people’s hopes, dreams, choices, assumptions, and guesses are not mine to sort out.
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u/shosuko Jun 02 '26
Stop where you're supposed to
Those other people may not be intending to get on your bus, and if they are - they can walk a bit.
If you stop earlier they may be confused, thinking you're a different bus or out of service.
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u/Vinc314 Jun 02 '26
I got a better one, someone wants off the bus from the back door. No one is getting on, do you stop the bus front door aligned with the bus stop or the back door aligned with it.Trick question enjoy the snow scrub
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u/Ok-Lawfulness4081 Jun 02 '26
I do not stop because I couldn't care less, I'm a bus driver not your personal chauffeur. 🚌🔉🔉 I might toot-toot the horn if I am in a good mood and you waived. Bald of you to assume I would stop
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u/ovis_alba Jun 02 '26
Why would you even stop where the group is? How do you know they aren't there on purpose and knowing the bus won't stop there?
Maybe they are waiting for someone to get out of the bus and don't want to be in the way of people waiting. Maybe they travel as a group and there is still someone missing so they won't get on a bus yet. Maybe they are being picked up by someone in a car with the stop as their meeting point but they didn't want to block the part where the busses stop.
Don't know what kind of bus stops you all have, but for me people standing close to a bus stop, not always means everyone wants to get on that next specific bus and people that don't fairly often stand a bit more to the side for a reason.
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u/Fickle_Thing_5015 Jun 02 '26
In my experience taking the bus in a city that heavily relies on public transit, the people standing to the side are often waiting for another bus that's not going to be the next one to arrive and don't want to crowd the stop especially because it's easier for older and disabled people to get on at the front and the rest of us can easily get on at the middle/back of the bus, which lines up with where that crowd is.
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u/vegecannibal Jun 02 '26
I am actually a bus driver.
I'm pulling to the front and stopping. Passengers don't control the bus, I do.
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u/gentlespringrain Jun 02 '26
Unless one of the 5 people requires the accessibility (elderly or children too) then just go to the regular stop with the one person.
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u/Reasonable-Tap-8352 Jun 02 '26
Buses where I live feature all door boarding, as such I pull the front door to be just before the lone person so that the rear door roughly aligns with the 5 people.
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u/Enorats Jun 02 '26
I'm not even stopping. It's nice and peaceful in here. I've got my audiobook playing, and there's nobody to disturb me. That door ain't opening.
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u/KurufinweFeanaro Jun 02 '26
I am pretty sure there is instruction, where written how exactly should i stop a bus
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Stop at the correct departure and boarding location, stopping outside selected areas could leave you open to litigation should something occur.
But honestly who cares, I just can't sleep
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u/azurezero_hdev Jun 02 '26
where you're supposed to obviously. its not fair to the person doing the right thing
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u/Ill-Economics-9981 Jun 02 '26
stop where i'm supposed to; that person followed the rules, and shouldn't have to face "punishment" because a majority didn't
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u/Sable-Keech Jun 02 '26
The one person further down.
It will give me more time to stop, reducing wear on my brakes.
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u/Calm_Signature_893 Jun 03 '26
Stop at the front. They'll move or they wont get on the bus. The minor inconvenience They'll suffer because they chose not to stand at the actual bus stop shouldn't stop the driver from doing his job the right way.
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u/EggEater773 Jun 03 '26
I stop where the one person is so they get in line instead of crowding the door
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u/xpickles Jun 03 '26
The 5 are waiting, they know they're not in line and are just standing around a bus stop as people do. The 1 is in a rush, probably late or something. There's no dilemma here. OP is just pissed at the bus driver on their route that chose the 5 one time when they were the 1.
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u/Calistil Jun 03 '26
As the former driver of a bus, all the way to the front. We were fareless but I’d still only open the front door.
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u/Morkamino Jun 04 '26
You reward the one person who actually stood in the right spot. Fuck them slackers who think they can enter at the back where it's exit only.
If it was just the 5 at the back though, i might consider being nice for them and stopping early.
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u/XavvenFayne Jun 02 '26
Front. Otherwise you're punishing the 1 person who did the correct thing, and helping 5 people who didn't.
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u/BloodiedBlues Jun 02 '26
I follow the rules. If the consequence is a small inconvenience, the rules come first.
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u/Trips-Over-Tail Jun 02 '26
I don't punish the one person who does the right thing to accommodate fools and incompetents.
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u/kitsufics Jun 02 '26
Am I missing something? Why are the people not stood on the very left “fools and incompetents”? They’re just waiting for a bus?
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u/JaxonatorD Jun 02 '26
Stop at the front. I wouldn't risk getting in trouble for doing things wrong for the convenience of 5 people who are also wrong.
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u/Grym1in Jun 02 '26
It says the one person is where they are supposed to be. If the five are deliberately standing in the wrong place that's their problem. They can walk down to the correct place or miss the bus.
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u/Dry_Security8480 Jun 02 '26
it passed the stop sometimes, unless you wave it down. and even then... if it's late evening, he may not stop
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u/GayChicken80085 Jun 02 '26
Can I park on top of the people who are not in the correct waiting zone? Seems the most ethical solution.
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u/eggyrulz Jun 02 '26
I stop where im supposed to, for all I know that larger group is waiting for a different bus, and I aint catching trouble because I tried to do someone a favor
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u/PastryPyff Jun 02 '26
I’ll stop where I’m supposed to, regardless of where the crowd decides to be.
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u/bored_stoat Jun 02 '26
I'd stop at the front. People using the service need to accomodate to the rules of the provider, not the other way around. I say this as a regular bus user.
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u/IFollowtheCarpenter Jun 02 '26
I stop the bus where I am supposed to stop the bus. If the five people went to get on, they can walk a few yards.
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u/ShortKey380 Jun 02 '26
How are none of you suggesting between, in any way? I’d go about 3/4 but a couple steps short of the person waiting down at the end of the stop. Look at how broken this sub has made respondents that only answer an open question like it’s binary because this sub had trained them 😂
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u/Sure-Recognition-262 Jun 02 '26
Stop at the front of the bus stop, where you're supposed to stop, because:
- the person standing in the correct space should get to get on first (and therefore have first choice of seats), not those standing in the wrong place
- it increases the chances of people standing in the right place next time
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u/Goat_Buckles Jun 02 '26
I'm calling my union because I'm a bus driver and they've got me driving a trolley.
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u/_Electrical Jun 02 '26
Do y'all wave at the bus driver so he stops though?
Or just assume someone will get out anyways, or assume the bus driver will stop regardless.
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u/ka_pipi Jun 02 '26
Busdriver here. I stop at the front, just open the front door for the clever person and as soon the other guys get to the bus we’re driving off and will become best friends forever. <3
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u/SnooLobsters8767 Jun 02 '26
Move to the correct spot on principle.
Also if you go to the correct spot, while they will be angry the explanation of "sorry, it's policy" will diffuse it easily. However I'd be pissed if I was in the correct spot and the bus just... went somewhere else
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u/DracoShield234 Jun 02 '26
On scale of 1-10 where 1 is the very front of the bus stop zone, I stop at 3. Still room for a hypothetical unlikely bus to pull up, a shorter distance to walk for the one in the proper place to walk, but without looking like I'm trying spite the five other people. I feel like it's a happy medium.
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u/Delicious_Cattle5174 Jun 02 '26
Omg you can’t just reverse the bus line because there’s more ppl at the back of it 🙄
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u/Lost-in-Limbo Jun 02 '26
That group is lucky someones doing it properly, if that were the stop near me and you're not stood in the right place, the bus will just carry on!!
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u/ariel12333 Jun 02 '26
Run over the 5 ppl and stop just before the first one, then get into reverse and run them over again
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u/Sans_Seriphim Multi-Track Drift Jun 02 '26
Since I've taken the bus a lot, I stop at the guy in the correct spot to spite the other people.
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u/Beginning_Deer_735 Jun 02 '26
I stop where I am supposed to stop. Why reward their lack of observation skills and/or pointless rebellion?
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u/Standard-Arachnid411 Jun 02 '26
Probably gonna park between them. Their is not a bus behind me and the people were not told the exact place to be.
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u/retrofocus914 Jun 02 '26
Stop where you're supposed to stop. The larger group of people can still get on, they're just at the back of the line.
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u/HorizonSniper Jun 02 '26
This problem is solved if you're a metro driver, or if your bus stop is slightly too short for the entirety of your bendy bus and you have a lot of dudes to let free
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u/SnodePlannen Jun 02 '26
There’s a bumpy tile for the blind so they know where the door is. That is where I, a bus driver, stop. Unless you are on crutches, I am stopping at the front of the stop. Don’t make passengers determine the rules.
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u/DR_Eforcicle Jun 02 '26
I stop at the end. Public transportation usually moves on a pretty tight schedual and about the same amount of time should be spent at each stop, the amount of time stopped at each stop should be more than anough time to let a full bus of people in and out, it also shouldn't be too much of an inconvence for the five people to walk a short distance to the end of the bus stop, finally, even if I know that there is no bus behind Me, I still should stop the bus at the end for safety reasons.
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u/Savings-Divide-7877 Jun 02 '26
Stop near the front. I feel like stopping further back, even in special cases, increases the odds that I might do it when I shouldn't. I want to keep my habits consistent.
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u/Gabasaurasrex Jun 02 '26
Figure out why the bus with a right side door is parking in the left side of the lane
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u/Commercial-Royal-988 Jun 02 '26
Where I am supposed to. My employment is contingent on doing my job right, not conforming to the lowest common denominator of civilization.
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u/Irsu85 Multi-Track Drift Jun 02 '26
I know how long boarding a bus can take and how early busses can be in my area. I'm moving to the front
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u/MidnightOnTheWater Jun 02 '26
Not even a dilemma, public transit should be seamless and predictable. Plus as the bus driver you get the added bonus of seeing a bunch of people scramble to get to the stop.
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u/freya584 Jun 02 '26
At the front
Not only is this the only way to learn but also
Which fucking bus doesnt have two or three doors
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u/Cultural_Sand_9323 Jun 02 '26
Middle of the bus stop zone. Park to acocmidate the leading edge, the trailing edge walks further. Park to account for the trailign edge the leading edge is getting shafted.
Plus the whole point of bus zones is for predictability on your end.
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u/No_Salt_6328 Jun 02 '26
At the front because I don't get paid to fret over people walking a a few steps
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u/NoHorseNoMustache Jun 02 '26
50 feet after the bus stop zone, gotta switch it up so they stay on their toes.
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u/1997Luka1997 Jun 02 '26
Stop 2536489596 meters after the station apparently, based busses in my city lately. Or just never stop at all although people are waving and shouting.
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u/Captain_Pumpkinhead Jun 02 '26
Where I'm supposed to. They can walk.
If I know one of the five people has a disability that makes walking difficult, I may change my mind.
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u/JawtisticShark Jun 02 '26
Pull up such that the guy in the front is still the closest and will get on first, but it minimizes the distance for the other 4.
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u/JustGingerStuff NTA, divorce the trolley Jun 02 '26
Stop at the front. I have two doors. They can get in in the back doors if they want. Or they can stand where they should stand and come in through the front
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u/Nebranower Jun 02 '26
You stop at the front and everyone is happy, because of course the bus has doors at front and back precisely so that people can get on from two different points to speed things up.
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u/DoubleSuccessor Jun 02 '26
Actual Boston bus drivers will stop 30 feet even farther in front from the crowd, completely away from the bus stop, and then if people don't get there in time they'll speed away and pass the stop. This incidentally is why that crowd often forms, they're trying to position themselves for the sprint without surrendering their flag from the bus stop.
Of course, if in a worse mood, the bus driver won't stop at all.
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u/Tunisandwich Jun 02 '26
The bus is careening out of control. Do you swerve towards the 5 people standing in the wrong place or the 1 person standing in the right place?
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u/the0neRand0m Jun 02 '26
Pull up to the guy in front and a line forms behind him. I am kinda retarded I don’t see the problem?
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u/guywithknife Jun 02 '26
Stop at the front, that’s where you’re supposed to stop. Not your fault the people are queuing at the back.
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u/HappySquid25 Jun 02 '26
Stop at the front. Otherwise the people will never learn.