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Except that quickly becomes inaccurate if the bus driver decides to re-open the doors for an incoming passenger, or due to traffic conditions, opens the bus doo
by oarsinsync 10y ago
Except that quickly becomes inaccurate if the bus driver decides to re-open the doors for an incoming passenger, or due to traffic conditions, opens the bus doors further from the stop than the beacon reaches. Or skips a stop due to road conditions.
- relate 10y ago1. Set a minimum time until next stop can be announced 2. Add a button to skip a stop
- oarsinsync 10y agoAnd then when the driver accidentally hits the button and needs to go back? Notice how we're now adding more complexity now anyway though...
- Frenchgeek 10y agoRFID like chips on bus stops too, maybe?
- Natanael_L 10y agoWhile active RFID is possible, other radio tech designed to work as beacons is more likely
- vidarh 10y agoConsider a bus stuck in traffic. It is not unusual, at least in London, for a driver to open/close the door multiple times between stops when traffic moves slowly enough, often with longer intervals in between than there usually would be between stops.
- ncallaway 10y ago> Set a minimum time until next stop can be announced This feels like a dangerous hack that will come back to bite you in any number of unexpected scenarios that probably occur frequently during an average bus driver's day.
- mkagenius 10y agoBluetooth beacon (estimote?) at stops would help.