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Q65A
Age: 66 Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 1768 Location: Central NJ
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: Touch Tapes |
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Check out the following link if you've ever wanted to know more about touch tapes and other passenger signalling devices:
www.tapeswitch.com |
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DE60LF
Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 142 Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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ABQ RIDE has touch tapes on their Thomas/Dennis SLF200 buses, except for bus 436, which are all buttons. The rest of the fleet (Neoplans and New Flyers) have pull cords, although the New Flyer buses also have buttons next to the rear exit doors. The now-retired TMC RTS buses also had touch tapes between the windows and along the ceiling.
Does anyone know how much more do touch tapes cost compared to pull cords? I am personally more used to the pull cords, however, the touch tapes are more resistant to vandalism. |
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novabuslfsafan
Joined: 24 Oct 2009 Posts: 19
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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I like touch tapes better then cords. |
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timecruncher
Age: 73 Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 456 Location: Louisville, Kentucky
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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The touch-tapes tend to wear out and are costly to replace/repair. Plus, you don't know that they're not working until someone starts yelling at you to "OPEN THE M-F BACK DOOR!!"
Add to this the fact that lots of our fellow bus drivers are physically unable to write up a service ticket and you have a recurring problem...
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