Comment by ipdashc
17 hours ago
> and why there is a cable to pull, but that's a different thing
Huh... How is it set up where you live? I've ridden buses in Europe and I remember them having cables, or at least buttons.
17 hours ago
> and why there is a cable to pull, but that's a different thing
Huh... How is it set up where you live? I've ridden buses in Europe and I remember them having cables, or at least buttons.
It's pure eletronic (no steampunk thing like in SF ;) ) - a button on handles, all over the bus, with obvious ones next to a door.
e.g.- https://www.shutterstock.com/search/bus-stop-button
I've never seen the pull-cord things in Europe, but they seem to be common in the US.
To European eyes they seem old fashioned, untidy, and possibly dirty.
I remember that in Poland in early 1980s I've seen that cord somewhere in a bus.
Can you clarify what you mean by dirty? Or why that would be any more dirty than anything else in public? European buses frequently have stop buttons, not sure how those would be any cleaner than a plastic covered cord.
Also not sure what is old-fashioned about a pull cord compared to a bunch of buttons. Just a different way of activating an electrical circuit.
> Also not sure what is old-fashioned about a pull cord compared to a bunch of buttons.
Have you seen many cords going into or out of desktops, laptops, or in cars? It is old fashioned.
It's just the impression I get. Buses I've used in the USA are usually older and tattier than here, and the cord is part of that.
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It's usually buttons in Europe. The cord things always make me think of train emergency stop cords (though these days those are usually "break glass" buttons).
It's different per country, and even per city within the country. As a rule of thumb, big cities don't have buttons/cords, smaller ones do.
I've never seen cords in Europe, neither in a big city nor little towns.
I remember cords in Malta in the 2010s, but I've not seen them in the the rest of Europe. Maybe when I was a kid in the 80s.