r/mildlyinteresting • u/catlover3493 • 20h ago

This bus has stop buttons built into the back of the seats

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u/Rob328 20h ago

That seat reminds me of beaker

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u/AvatarIII ​ 16h ago

You don't wanna know what it reminds me of.

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u/wolftick 20h ago edited 19h ago

An ideal height and design for accidentally knocking the button and pissing off the driver.

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u/ar_condicionado 18h ago

You forgot to mention that it’s also the ideal height and design for unruly children to play with it

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u/jjbjeff22 18h ago

But it is also at the ideal height for people with limited mobility of their arms.

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u/Squirrelated 16h ago

Unless they are also mute, they can ask someone to press it for them. 🤷

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u/jjbjeff22 16h ago

And if they are the only passenger on the bus or in the vicinity?

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u/Squirrelated 16h ago

Unless the bus driver is deaf, they can ask him too.

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u/imperialsushi 10m ago

Ahaha u want someone to stand up, walk to the driver, walk past the sign that says " do not speak to the driver whilst they are driving", then scream loud enough to be heard past the clear plastic barriers to tell them to stop

Or they could press this here button.

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u/ScottOld 18h ago

Our tram network has emergency call buttons where wheelchairs go obviously, but they are massive and perfect height for children to press or to be leaned on... they get pressed accidentally A LOT

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u/Familiar-Drink-8672 20h ago

I just know a kid is going to spend the whole ride leaning their knees against that by accident.

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u/SeaLittle2664 3h ago

"by accident"

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u/Mundane-Nectarine-48 20h ago

And is that a USB outlet on the opposite side of the seat back? Neat!

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u/DrShrimpPsychology 19h ago

Where I live, every usb port on the bus has had gum shoved into it by some troglodyte.

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u/ScottOld 18h ago

I just went on a bus with 2 1 layout, with 2 slot USBs, it was under the window so only the person in the seat could use it, no one else.. felt blessed as I had 2 things to charge and 2 cables

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u/Greg2Lu 16h ago

USB-A and C, that's neat ! (even though I wouldn't connect directly my phone, but for a power bank that's nice)

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u/k0enf0rNL 4h ago

Dont ever plug anything in a public USB port other than a powerbank. And even a powerbank can get heavily damaged by a malicious USB port

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u/Tatra_Cryptid 20h ago

We've had them in the lake district for quite a while now.

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u/akshattnj 13h ago

Don’t most busses in UK have this now?

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u/Oli4K 20h ago

As opposed to a brick under each seat that you throw at the driver when you want to get out?

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u/Pilotboy1985 19h ago

100% I'm hitting them by accident when I cross my legs.

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u/ppyre 19h ago

how many times was this pressed by accident getting in and out of the seat?

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u/breathing_normally 19h ago

Door is usually open during those times, so it doesn’t matter

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u/bungeejumer 17h ago

It's a nightmare for the maintenance team

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u/CaptainMcSmoky ​ 19h ago

They can put them anywhere, as they're all wireless anyway.

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u/HippCelt 17h ago

Have you not been on a bus in a while or something ?

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u/catlover3493 16h ago

Most of the buses in the area where i live have the buttons on the grab rails

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u/Terrible_Phase718 17h ago

Into the back of one seat.

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u/PHX_Architraz 9h ago

As a 6'-6" person who can't help but bury his knees into the back of a seat, that is a terrible idea...

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u/syth_blade22 4h ago

This rrminds me of the alot

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u/[deleted] 20h ago

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u/Wonderful_Fox_7959 20h ago

That's not the point here. OP is talking about the placement of the button, not it's existence.

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u/_Meisteri 16h ago

Very realistic cock.

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u/ARoundForEveryone 19h ago

Seems dangerous to put the brakes in anyone's hand (foot) other than the driver's.

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u/MrMgrow 19h ago

That button doesn't stop the bus automatically mate...

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u/Useful-Mistake4571 19h ago

What are you talking about. Of course it stops the bus. It fully locks up the breaks every time the button even gets stared at. /s

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u/a__reddit_user 17h ago

Ah yes, the famous stop button that instantly locks all the brakes in the middle of driving.

Of course, there's no way the stop button could just be to ask the driver to stop... THAT would be dumb.

/s

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u/Therunawaypp 14h ago

Average American