Safety
Bus stops enhance passenger safety in a number of ways:-
- Bus stops prevent passengers trying to board or alight in hazardous situations such as intersections, or where bus is turning and is not using the curb lane.
- A bus driver cannot be expected to keep a look out for intending passengers for the whole of the journey. A bus stop means that the driver only needs looking out at the approach of each bus stop.
- Having bus stops rather than a free for all means the passenger group themselves when boarding, which reduces time spent at boarding.
- At night, when passenger numbers are low, set down restrictions are sometimes relaxed and passengers may be set down anywhere within reason.
- Bus bays allow buses to arrive at a stop, but it does not impede the flow of traffic on the roadway
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Famous quotes containing the word safety:
“The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)
“Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of government, to secure the rights of individuals and to effect their safety and happiness. In modern society, no individual can do this alone. So government is not a necessary evil but a necessary good.”
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)