aemoreira81 Posted October 19, 2010 Share #26 Posted October 19, 2010 Actually, I vaguely remember this being in the news a while after the Bx12 +Select Bus Service+ started. But anyways, now that you have buses running up and down Manhattan with the flashing blue lights, now everyone is going to notice and want it out. IMO, the blue lights are great way to get blocking traffic out of the way as they are suppose to. At the time, the D60HFs running the route had it flashing in a way where it could actually be confused for an emergency vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RokuSix Posted October 20, 2010 Share #27 Posted October 20, 2010 Wow. 2 years too late. Good job, observant journalists! Figures, no one would notice until the service debuted in Manhattan. Bronxites could be having seizures and no one would care. Anyway. There is no need for the flashy lights, I mean, it's not a magical bus. It's a Select Bus: a glorified limited. Not the most amazing thing ever... I wonder how Pelham Parkway residents deal with the magical blue lights during the evening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted October 20, 2010 Share #28 Posted October 20, 2010 You mean the hostage lights? Oh and not all of what I said was irrelevant, just the stuff about the amber lights. LMAO!! Yeah, those lights! At the time, the D60HFs running the route had it flashing in a way where it could actually be confused for an emergency vehicle. Like the one in the video on wrapping an SBS bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted October 20, 2010 Share #29 Posted October 20, 2010 So make them white. Next? - A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregorygrice Posted October 20, 2010 Share #30 Posted October 20, 2010 WHy did the city wait 2 years for this? Its an articulated bus for crying out loud. Those Blue Flashing lights should be used to tell people to get out of the bus lanes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LI Operator Posted October 20, 2010 Share #31 Posted October 20, 2010 I noticed some of the Bx sbs's have an additional 'dash light' in the windshield besides the two lights next to the dest sign. They'll really have a war with the local FD's if they ever try that out here on long island. (Not that I think they would do it anyway) Purple might work... It's growing in popularity for funeral processions but is not regulated in NYS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted October 21, 2010 Share #32 Posted October 21, 2010 Limited already works here. No need to complicate it with +selectbusservice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8Hou Posted October 21, 2010 Share #33 Posted October 21, 2010 Limited already works here. No need to complicate it with +selectbusservice... To tell you the truth, it depends. Some limiteds have flaws that MTA has not bother to correct... similarity the SBS that did not correct mistakes in the first place and have not carry over to the M15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted October 21, 2010 Share #34 Posted October 21, 2010 It just a simple blue light. If you see it in your rear view mirror, then you're probably in the bus lane and probably gonna get a ticket in the mail for being there. Just move your little car out the way or its gonna turn into a tricycle lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traildriver Posted October 24, 2010 Share #35 Posted October 24, 2010 The fact that the government owns and operates these vehicles means that they can pretty much do as they please...whether they comply with the codes or not. The exception would be when they operate buses interstate such as the Staten Island to Manhattan expresses via NJTP. Wasn't there a time when TA buses used only in the City didn't even have license plates...only fleet numbers on them? I may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted October 24, 2010 Share #36 Posted October 24, 2010 It just a simple blue light. If you see it in your rear view mirror, then you're probably in the bus lane and probably gonna get a ticket in the mail for being there. Just move your little car out the way or its gonna turn into a tricycle lol Right. I think the TA should be allowed to use the blue lights. They will warn cars that a bus is approaching behind then, and they may need to move out the way. The fact that the government owns and operates these vehicles means that they can pretty much do as they please...whether they comply with the codes or not. The exception would be when they operate buses interstate such as the Staten Island to Manhattan expresses via NJTP. Wasn't there a time when TA buses used only in the City didn't even have license plates...only fleet numbers on them? I may be wrong. I think license plates are a waste of money. Take them off all the buses that don't travel into Jersey, or recycle all the old plates off retired buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan05979 Posted October 24, 2010 Share #37 Posted October 24, 2010 Right. I think the TA should be allowed to use the blue lights. They will warn cars that a bus is approaching behind then, and they may need to move out the way. I think license plates are a waste of money. Take them off all the buses that don't travel into Jersey, or recycle all the old plates off retired buses. Post office vehicles don't have plates at all, Marked NYPD police cars, Fire trucks. Its is dumb that all these buses have plates. Are any of these new buses getting orange plates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8Hou Posted October 24, 2010 Share #38 Posted October 24, 2010 Are any of these new buses getting orange plates? No, apparently there are leftover stock piles of the old plates. Suffolk Transit's new 2010 buses on Long Island still receiving old plates. Maybe next year or two when we finally see the orange plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamousNYLover Posted October 24, 2010 Share #39 Posted October 24, 2010 Every time at night time around 7-8pm, I see car headlights also use blue light also, along with orange lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediccjh Posted October 29, 2010 Share #40 Posted October 29, 2010 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted October 29, 2010 Share #41 Posted October 29, 2010 Man the Daily Noose is anti-.If it isn`t about the workers,its about some damn lights.SMH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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