“PLEASE hold on, the bus is about to move” is the new announcement, which has started on London buses, left passengers stunned across the city. The pre-waning announcement herd by the thousands of people in order to aid passengers, when the bus is about to move off.
The month long trail for the new system has already faced its first glitch! Very quickly passengers took to social media mocking the new announcement has the pre-warning has a apparent timing problem, and currently only activates after the bus has begun to move.
TfL explained that the reason for the announcement was for ‘health and safety’ reasons. It is known that about 3,000 people fall and hurt themselves in London buses every year. In response, TfL, who acknowledges that there is a timing error in the current application, is expected to correct this error as soon as possible. Some passengers think the practice is ‘frustrating and unscathed’, while others think the reminder announcement in the bus may be useful.