Comment on People playing loud music on buses could face £100 fine
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Good news if it was actually enforced. I vote that bus drivers use the tannoys to say, “Hey, who’s that plonker on the upper deck playing AI slop? Turn it off, you muppet!” I don’t know what they should do when they get inevitably ignored.
(It’s nearly always AI slop revenge stories or bhangra (might not be bhangra exactly, I’m Indian but I don’t actually know the different genres. Desi stuff anyway.))
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There shouldn’t be a ticket. It should be that the bus doesn’t move until the sound is turned off. It will sort itself out.
rmuk@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
No, it won’t. I’ve been on buses and trains where this has happened. “We will not be moving until the freeloaders depart or the British Transport Police arrive.” Well, the people who don’t care they’re pissing off everyone around them already won’t care if it’s being pointed out, meanwhile all of the paying customers are being delayed, being made late for work, being made to miss the connections.
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t mean shame. I mean irritation. There’s a difference between freeloaders, which isn’t even something you can identify or give a shit about, and an asshole playing loud music or tiktok. Eventually someone will break the silence and/or break their nose.
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
They used to do this 10y+ ago on the buses in London, but they must have been trained to just ignore it now for safety reasons. The freeloaders just waltz on shamelessly and nothing happens. Last time I was on a bus and the driver stopped, the freeloader got up to the driver’s cab and threatened to stab him.