Antisocial behaviour on buses in England could lead to fines while a new campaign is also being launched for trains.
A national campaign asking rail passengers "share the carriage, not the noise" is being launched.
none of them look at enforcing the rules that are already in place
Which is nye impossible. The public transit around me can’t even enforce fare evasion, not saying they should, but it shows how hard it is to enforce something like this.
Laws like this require shame to enforce it, sort of like indoor smoking bans. The people on the bus have to say “stop blasting your tik tok” , if we do that enough, people will understand it’s unacceptable behavior.
Will I do it? Hell no, I’m not that confrontational, but the rest of us definitely should.
As I get older I see the same stories being rinsed and repeated for regular public consumption. This story from 2020 shows how bus and trains in the midlands have had similar measures in place for some time: https://www.wmca.org.uk/news/new-set-of-byelaws-to-clamp-down-on-anti-social-behaviour-on-the-buses/ and this one from April 2025 outlining the Lib Dem plans for £1000 fines and travel bans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5g7v2qddo was so popular that the Tories recycled it and trumpted it as a great new idea in August 2025: https://news.sky.com/story/ban-passengers-playing-loud-music-on-public-transport-say-tories-13417519 None of them look at enforcing the rules that are already in place. There already exists bylaws to prohibit this kind of behaviour but zero thought about enforcing them.
Why bother enforcing when you can simply preach!
Our politicians seem to view laws as being like magic spells, which become unbreakabely binding once spoken.
for a lot of idiots they just didn’t know there is consequences
now they do
Which is nye impossible. The public transit around me can’t even enforce fare evasion, not saying they should, but it shows how hard it is to enforce something like this.
Laws like this require shame to enforce it, sort of like indoor smoking bans. The people on the bus have to say “stop blasting your tik tok” , if we do that enough, people will understand it’s unacceptable behavior.
Will I do it? Hell no, I’m not that confrontational, but the rest of us definitely should.
They pass the “good” laws leading up to elections. That’s their only purpose.