All quiet: 8,000 buses will carry the sign

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Its great to see people doing something about this problem. It annoys the hell out of me, having to listen to other peoples music, I find it so dis-respectful. I think noise population has become a real problem of late.

- Steve, Reading, Reading

Chris Serox & William from Richmond, plainly you are ill-bred and don't know any better.

- Annabelle, london

William, you aren't being banned from listening to music! Just use earphones and don't play it too loudly. I listen to my I-pod on the tube but I take my ear phones out at intervals to check it isn't loud or audible by anyone else. I myself cannot stand listening to other peoples music and would be embarrassed if I thought my music could be heard. It is just about about being considerate to ther people around you. Anyway if people are listening to music so loudly that other people can hear it then they'll end up damaging their ears!

- Jane, London

I'd really like to see the manufacturers of mobile phones taking a responsible attitude to this and changing the phone design so that music cannot be played out loud. It's a real nuisance and totally unfair to other passengers.

Chris Serox - show some respect.

- Ben, London

A simple change in the law based on nuisance would eliminate the problem rather than hoping everyone will conform.

- A.Noyd, London

I have great taste in music if you don't like it YOU should just move away from me and stop complaining. Not my fault you have such poor taste in music. Bring on the rave.

- Chris Serox, London

As one of the original signatories to the campaign and somebody who has no problem with asking people to turn their music down or off I’m over the moon. And a word of thanks to William from Richmond – it's people like you who make our lives hell on public transport and your reaction simply makes our victory even more satisfying.

- Matt, London

It wouldn't be half the issue it actually is if inconsiderate people actually listened to decent music. Why is it always bland R&B or dance music? Come on MP3ers, if you're going to disturb the peace then at least do it with a little decorum.

- Shaq, London

Yes, William. The journey to and from work is unpleasant, and it's made even more so by selfish people like you. Why should I be prevented from reading my book by someone else's noise booming in my ear. Personal music players should be just that - personal!

- Ann, London

Its not about "banning" listening - its just about going back to the good of days when people listened on headphones rather than playing on the loudspeaker.

Mind you - to me its exactly the reason why we don't want to be able to use Mobile phones on the tube as they are planning to bring in in 2008 - just think it will be like Dom Joly - everyone speaking really really loud to be heard over the noise of the train in the tunnel. If you think how loud you need to have your head phones up to listen on the tube - just think about all those people shouting into their phones.

Please TfL - save my tube fare -don't spend it on developing the ability to use the mobile phones on the tube and lets all have a bit of piece and quiet.

- Jc, London

Use the bloody headphones William!

- Brandon Thomas, London

What a pathetic attitude, William. I chose to read rather than listen to music, so I am the one who is always disturbed. Should I read my book out loud so you can hear it? I'm sure you'd object.

- Philip, London, England

I agree with John from Bedford that these notices are very likely to be ignored - as the posting from William suggests.

- Hobbs, London, UK

William, you don't have to stop listening to your MP3 player - just buy decent headphones that don't let the sound escape.

- Karen, Paddington

Yes Richard. It's exactly because of unpleasant, thoughtless and selfish people like you that this is being discussed. You lighten-up and turn it down!

- Mm, London

I don't really see that this is going to achieve anything, as in the worst cases it is often the knowledge that actions are deemed to be anti-social that encourages people to do it in the first place.

By far the worst problem is the craze for playing music from mobile phones rather than MP3 player use as mentioned in the article. I fail to see the point of music played aloud from phones. The music is normally at a volume which causes sound distortion and sounds tinny in the first place, so the aim of playing it can't be aesthetic and therefore the aim is presumably to create a nuisance so in my view a few posters will have little impact and potentially could remind these people of the nuisance they can cause and it might only encourage them. Telling them to get off and walk and get a bit of exercise might make a difference however but I'm not sure how that would be policed!

- Gareth Morgan, London, UK

William, you're missing the point. It's not about banning people listening to music - it's about asking them to respect other people by noy playing the music from their MP3 / phone out loud but to use headphones instead.

- Chris, Beckenham

William from Richmond's attitude is typical of the "I'm alright Jack" selfishness that makes travelling even more of a pain for the rest of us. It may be music to him, to the rest of us it's irritating, tinny backgound noise. I just hope he goes completely deaf sooner rather than later!

- Paul, London

I think William from Richmond's attitude tells you how likely this campaign is to work: "Me, me, me, and everyone else just has to endure it."

- R M, London, UK

We need this on the tube as well.

- John, Harrow, Uk

I listen to my MP3 player when I'm travelling and I don't see why I should stop. My journey to work is already unpleasant as it is with being banned from listening to my music too. I say lighten up on this, its just some music -if it annoys you that much listen to some of your own.

- William, Richmond

The "quiet carriage" notices on trains are routinely ignored and I have no doubt that simply putting notices up in buses and tube trains will be equally pointless. These initiatives will only be effective if they are policed.

- John, Bedford

It's a great concept but as someone who's been on the receiving end of abuse for asking kids to turn it down I really don't see it stopping a thing. They need the threat of having their free Oyster cards taken off of them.

- Trevor Roll, London

So because we put up a little sign up everyone will obey it? For this to work it needs to be enforced properly. Or how about not making personal music devices that can be played so loudly in the first place? I'm glad something is happening but I'm not holding my breath on it working.

- Dorothy, Walthamstow

I'm fed up having to listen to other people's music when travelling on public transport. The whole idea of it is that it's meant to be personal, nobody else wants to hear the 'thump thump thump' as the musics so loud the whole bus shakes. And don't even start me on mobile ring tones...

- Jim, Hackney

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