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Old 02-01-05 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Dahon.Steve
I've found out that many bus companies time their drivers and they get in trouble if passengers complain their trip took too long!
Around here (some/most?) busses are fitted with GPS systems. The allows the support center to know or track at all times where the busses are. As I understand the issue is not busses going to fast, but that busses should not be ahead of schedule when leaving each stop. Before the GPS sometimes a driver would drive ahead of schedule so that when they got to a designated rest area on the route they would have more downtime. Most passengers want the bus to be on or slightly behind schedule, but not ahead of schedule.
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