Do you think the automated announcements on the Orion VII Next Gen are annoying?

[Q43LTD]

Do you think the automated announcements on the Orion VII Next Gen are annoying? Like everytime someone pushes the Stop requested button it always says "Please exit through the rear door", and the other various announcements that play. I know some people that are about to go on a rampage if they keep hearing the announcement over and over and some other people who just dont care. Personally, i'm neutral, and sometimes kinda find it funny.

Hell yeah it's annoying

[aemoreira81]

Hell yeah it's annoying

 

Fortunately on most of them (except brand-new arrivals), they are disabled.

[w8Hou]

They should replace it with Stop Requested,

 

Please eixt through the rear door annoucement is way too long and annoying.

[PATCOman]

I don't mind it at all.

 

Maybe it is because I have not rode an NG for a long distance before.

[B35 via Church]

I personally haven't rode on 'em enough to find it annoying.... But if you're an everyday rider on those buses, I can see where it can be.... b/c as was pretty much said, there's too many syllables on that phrase/announcement; "please exit through the rear door"... The point can be made w/o much verbiage....

[Grand Concourse]

Not just the repetitive announcements, but people just ignores the announcements and still exits at the front of the bus. It's like maybe they should just reverse the order and have people enter from the back of the bus and pay before leaving the front of the bus.

[ragazzapazza1024]

I think they are annoying, and I hate being on those buses for a long time. One time I went from Ridgewood to LIC on the Q39, having to hear the "Please exit through the rear door."

[Infamous85]

I like the announcements, it's a nice change from hearing nothing, maybe because I'm not used to new buses.

 

I like the announcements on CS's NG's better than JAM's NG's but I still like them both, I hear a female voice on the Q20/44 and a male voice on the Q85 so it's a better than just having just one voice.

 

They're starting to annoy me because its the same thing every 30 seconds. They should only be played every couple of stops not every time the button is pressed. I hope they could be disabled, I know if they bother me they must bother the bus drivers because they have to hear it all day.

[Rob0922]

Lets understand one key point on the automated announcements. As I pull into a stop, If the number of customers boarding is high, I like having people who are leaving the bus exiting through the rear door. It speeds up the time it takes to board new customers and have them either drop coins into the farebox, or "dip" their cards. As for the Public Service announcements: They are invaluable in assisting customers with information so they DO NOT speak to me while I am driving.

There are alot of tourists in our city. They have not been on a NYC Bus or train before. The announcements concerning the cash fare, Priority Seating or any number of the other announcements we have give them answers to their questions. Having a map of bus routes behind the driver is also a very useful tool to keep from continually getting the same question: How do I get to......

As a bus Operator, I want all the help I can get from the system so I can concentrate on my driving and not get distracted. Distraction leads to accidents, both on the bus and in collisions with other vehicles & pedestrians.

[Grand Concourse]

However, for 'non tourist' areas like Brooklyn, most people don't care about the 'move to the rear doors'. They still proceed to exit via the front doors, even some from the middle of the bus and closer to the back!

If there was some way to force people to exit the back than to hold up the bus by exiting from the front, then things would be much better.

[Kingsbridge Bus]

If you press the button when the door is open you wont hear the automated announcements and the stop would still be requested.I tried it on ( bus 4344;)

[Grand Concourse]

But that won't matter, someone's just going to press the button/pull the cord. They always feel they have to push something even though the sign is already lit.

[IRT Bronx Express]

As much as it sounds a little bit informative, not all will exit through the rear door. Many will exit at the front instead.

[Kingsbridge Bus]

A few days after delivery O7NG 4391 was on the Bx3.When I tried to exit the bus,the back doors were stuck together so I had to exit through the front door.As I walked down the street, I realized that the operator had turned the bus off. Then he turned the bus back on and drove down the block.

[Kingsbridge Bus]

If you pull the cord more than once between stops the announcements will not repeat. buses do that.