From: "dave graham" <davgraham-AT-hotmail.com> Subject: AUT: No 36 Bus Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:31:13 -0000 Dear all Sometimes the right wing press is a better source of real news. This item was alongside a report of the RMT one day tube 'strike' - which probably has more to do with Mayor Livingstone's bust up with Blair than anything else. No doubt this comment will upset some more 'orthodox' readers. I long for more reports such as this - preferably from participants. Gra PS the capitals are mine - I hope folk are cheered by this ___________________________________________________________________ Passengers Mutiny on No 36 bus Irate passengers trying to beat the Tube strike threw a conductor off a bus last night after he refused to let it get overloaded. He was ordered off the No 36 Routemaster vehicle after holding it at several stops until passengers taking it above it maximum load alighted. After taking more than an hour to travel from Paddington to Marble Arch, a journey of about three miles, the passengers suggested the conductor should leave ^Ñfor his own safety^Ò. ^ÑHe got off, lots more passengers got on, somebody pressed the bell and the bus went on its way without the conductor. It was very full but it completed its journey from Marble Arch to Victoria, about two miles, in just 15 minutes,^Ò said Gus Zhulev, a finance manager. He added: ^ÑI don^Òt think the driver realised what happened because the passengers rang the bell as though the conductor was still on board. ^ÑThe whole thing sort of MANAGED ITSELF. I don^Òt necessarily think it was right but it didn^Òt seem to do any harm.^Ò The bus operator Arriva was unavailable for comment last night. The Daily Telegraph Friday March 30 2001 ________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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