This symbol is on the floor at the back door on the newest fleet of Dublin Bus vehicles.
Presumably it means opening doors but it is ambiguous. It looks like someone on a bicycle.
Surely a symbol should be unambiguously clear. This symbol is not.
I think it means watch out for possible cyclists trying to pass the stopped bus on the inside.
ReplyDeleteYes, it looks like that but why the arrows in both directions? So why not one at the front door?
ReplyDeleteHas it something to do with informing standing passengers in that area that the doors open and close?
Surely a sign or symbol should be immediately and easily understood.
Confirmed by Dublin Bus. Yes, the sign is to advise alighting passengers of the possibility of passing bicycles.
ReplyDeleteInteresting.
ReplyDeleteBut as you say, why not also at the front door. Maybe the driver is expected to be looking in his side mirror and/or having overtaken a cyclist, and can warn you orally which would be more difficult, if not impossible, in the case of the middle door.
Regarding the bi-directional arrows, I have actually seen cyclists using the cycle lane as a counter flow. Don't know if that's allowed.
Wondering was I one of those culprits. Mea culpa.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is.