vizzbucks

I don't have a Sheffield accent, was born in Huddersfield, and have lived here for over 20 years, but still have my original accent (so i'm told)

I personally choose to put all passes into wallets and seal them, but then again i'm a late board driver, and I don't get many weekly passes requested

At last Ash, we finally agree on something

As a bus driver, I have to buy my own sunglasses, so I can stop the glare of the sun in my eyes whilst driving a bus, should I go on strike because I have to pay for this myself??? Any vehicle transporting paying passengers should have CCTV fitted, for the safety of passengers and for the driver, simple.

At the start of my shift I have plenty of change. £5 in 10p's, £5 in 20p's and £15 in pound coins. This is all my own money, which I choose to carry to make my job easier, should result in not having to issue credit notes, not running out of change, but it still happens. A couple of days ago, I was about an hour into my shift when I was down to my last 60p in change, everyone seemed to be getting on with £5 and £10 notes. It came to the last of my change and a passenger gets on my bus, presented a £5 note for a £1.80 fare. I politely explained I didn't have enough change. She demanded to know why not, and I explained to her what happened, how much change I had to start with and that every one seems to be getting on with notes. She turned nasty, shouting I should carry more change at the start then. Surely everyone can see that the £25 in change is way more than i'm expected to carry. When I first started about 3 years ago, I was offered a float of £5 from the company, I refused that and decided to carry my own float, that way I would not owe the company any money when I left, and I could decide what float I carry. All we ask is that if you know you are catching a bus, then try to have the correct change available, or near as damn it, or don't go crazy when we try to offer you a credit note.

Disabled passes are valid all the time, it's the OAP passes that are not allowed after 11pm Child Zero Fare passes are valid up to 7pm All other passes / permits are available at any time

Yes he should have done, it's not hard or going out of his way to issue the credit note, takes no time to issue, so I can't understand why it was not offered. Only the driver knows

I know it's too late now, but if it happens again, all she has to do is request a credit note. This credit note can be changed on her next journey into cash or if the driver does not have enough change to cover it then can be exchanged at the Archway Centre at the bus station in the city. I must admit that I find it hard to understand why the driver didn't have enough change at that time of night, unless a lot of his passengers got on with notes. I've done my bit of detective work, trying to find out who this driver was (just out of curiosity) but drew a blank, with all drivers saying it was disgusting how your daughter was left at the bus stop.

Ok, let's turn the tables a bit............ My nature is to be happy, have a laugh and it takes hell of a lot to get my back up. This I demonstrate whilst driving a bus. I say Hello and thank you to each and every passenger, do my bit to help where I can etc. The number of passengers that get on, look at you as though you have just killed their dog, slam money on the counter, grunt, tut because they have to take their ticket out (and yes it does happen), and are completely rude, that's even if they recognise there is someone driving is unbelievable. The grief we get from some pensioners after 11pm when they have to pay for their journey is unbelievable too. It's not the drivers fault, it's the Government who changed the system, and I for one am not going to risk my job to save someone less than £3 by letting them on for free when they know the timing cut off is 11pm and they are able to pay I don't ask for much, but I am polite and courteous to each and every passenger that gets onto my vehicle, and I expect the same in return, but unfortunately it doesn't happen. I can understand why drivers get grumpy, it's the way they are spoken to, or acted against by some passengers, which stays in their mind and reflects on the mood for the rest of the journey. Remember we are human, not robots, there is a real person driving the bus, who deserves to be acknowledged and spoken to correctly. This is all I ask, and i'm sure some people will slate what I have put, I don't care, this has come from a drivers view, my own personal view, not First, not any other driver, but mine.

Dunno, she ain't saying, if she is saying a £1.00 fare, she must be at least 17 with a student pass or didn't have her pass on her and only going to Ranmoor or the bottom of Hallamshire Road

The driver had a couple of options open to him. If he couldn't give the £4 change, then he should have either issued a credit note for the £4, or accepted the 70p and pushed it through as a child fare, or at a push put it through as a misc. fare. If this really did happen, and wasn't a ploy because she was late home and thought of this as an excuse, then she should have made a note of the bus number, which would have linked it to the driver in question. I really can't believe that a driver wouldn't have the change on that route and at that time of night. I regularly drive that route and always have enough change. The drivers attitude was all wrong, and there is no excuse for it. I know 90% of the 120 drivers and they are decent blokes/lasses, and most have families of their own, so I find it difficult to see this happening. Are you sure it was a First bus?? Stagecoach run that service too.

Most people who post on here have never lived on the Manor, and comment on it's past and reputation. I bought a house on the Manor Top in 2007, and never regretted it. The road I live on is quiet, friendly, and no trouble what-so-ever. However........... the further down Prince Of Wales road you go, the rougher it gets, so if you are thinking of moving to the manor, my suggestion is the nearer the shops at Manor Top the better, from the White House Surgery upwards. Since they have demolished the "Boot Houses" behind Prince Edwards School, the area has improved vastly, with all the rough element moving away from here. Stay away from the lower Manor, that is not recommended at all Before anyone slates what I've put, it's my opinion, having lived here since 2007, and it's what I've witnessed since being here

Unfortunately we used to be a Christian Country

What pay rise??? we have been offered 0 pay rise this year and 1% next year, so that's not true is it???, and as for the running boards..... each and every driver wants to run on time, it makes their job easier, ensures they come off on their break times on time, so they get their full break. Drivers run to the running boards the best they can. If you drive you will understand that things disrupt your journey each and every day, with buses it's no exception, volume of traffic, volume of passengers, unable to pull out, diversions (lots of these in Sheffield at moment with roadworks popping up everywhere), badly parked cars etc etc....... It's not only First, many times i'm driving the 52 and get complaints saying there has been no bus for 10 minutes plus, so, the bus that was before me should have been a Stagecoach bus, but First are always the ones to get the flac. Someone on this forum was complaining about the 79 / 79a route, saying that first can't run it properly, and first are never on time on this route, its run by stagecoach, nothing whatsoever to do with First. If Buses are late, be it First, Stagecoach, TM etc, they are late for a reason, not because the driver wants to be late. Most bus passengers see this, they are on the bus when something happens to make the bus late.

There you go, typical Stagecoach, they wait for First to put up their fares, watch all the flac they get and when it dies down, they put theirs up. Same year in and year out

It is a practice run for tomorrow

Yes, First week is valid on all the old optio routes, just as it has been over the past few years. However, some stagecoach drivers are not accepting them until their fares go up in a couple of weeks, even though First accept them as normal. I had quite a few passengers on the 120 yesterday complaining that they were refused travel on Stagecoach with the First weekly (£12.50) pass, saying they were not able to accept them until Stagecoach put up their fares. This seem unfair, as many purchased tickets within the last week, paying £12, so should be valid. This happens every year, and Stagecoach always put up their fares 2 weeks after First, seems like they wait for the fuss about rises to subside then sneak theirs up, so First get all the flack

Putting CCTV on taxi's would highlight the bad driving, illegal moves and illegal parking issues we have in Sheffield with taxi's, and finally put a stop to it, so I say yes

There is a guitar shop at broomhill, can't remember the name just around the corner from the York Pub. I've had a guitar repaired there and he did a good job

Also, you are sat waiting to enter the roundabout, when the car coming around is indicating just before the exit before yours, so you set off, only for the car to carry on around and exit after yours, happens a lot. People need educating how to indicate around roundabouts, and to stop taking risks.

The bus is private property with public access. Easy solution to reporting this is to take the bus number as someone says above, and the time. This can be linked to the driver that is logged onto this bus / route at that time. I have had quite a few passes being refused by the machine lately, but that is a fault with the machine, nothing to do with the passes. The driver should have looked at the pass and counterpart, then he could have seen that the pass was fine, and let him travel. If it wasn't fine, 9 times out of 10 the passenger refuses to let the driver see, giving the driver cause for concern. As for getting out of the cab, that's a no no, unless it's to lower the ramp, or an emergency. With the number of attacks on drivers lately, it's stated clearly at the depot not to leave the cab, but remain in and press the emergency button.

As you turn the corner over the tram tracks, there are many things to look for, like people running to beat the bus, people on either side looking like they are going to walk out, any trams moving etc. With it being a narrow bit of road, even though you have looked to make sure the road is clear, you then look in your mirrors, look at side to make sure nobody is there, then you look forward again, people still walk out in front of the bus. Dave will have braked, but will have been too late. The drive green system showed him braking, that's how we know he was doing 14mph, it showed that on the system, but unfortunately, with all his checks it seems he saw her late and hit to poor lady. I just wish people would realise how serious it is at that point, and not walk into the road without looking, or worse, run trying to beat the bus

The place she was hit is a narrow piece of road, there is a maximum of 1 metre gap each side of the bus, making the road about 5 meters wide maximum, so to say she was 2 meters from the off in reality means she was in the middle of the road. When driving through that bus gate, your eyes have to be everywhere, as people just run out in front of the bus instead of waiting until it's passed, or in front of taxi's. He wasn't speeding as the 14mph stated. It's a daily event when i'm driving through there that people just run out to beat the bus, or just simply don't look. I really am surprised that there have not been more incidents like this in that area. Oh, and can I just add, it's not only First that have the drive green scheme, but Stagecoach also have it, as do many other transportation companies.

It also says he failed to swerve to avoid hitting her. There is no room to swerve, the road is at it's narrowest where the collision happened, and swerving would have resulted on him mounting the curb which would have resulted in him hitting people on the pavement, as it's always occupied by passengers waiting to crossing the road at that time. I'm not condoning him hitting the lady, but he wasn't totally to blame. The lady walked out without looking right in front of a bus. The Drive Green issue has been blown out of proportion by the newspapers, It will have been mentioned in court that there is such a scheme, and the newspapers have picked up on it making it the major factor in the story. I know the driver, have known him for a few years, and he would have avoided hitting the lady if he could have. By reading some of the replies in this thread, it seems like some people think he just ran her over so he could get a chance of winning the prize, then these people are fools, no bus driver would do that.

I never mentioned poor service, only mentioned adding the cost of replacing windows to the running costs.