On Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:54:11 +0000, David C wrote:

On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 02:15:12 -0800 (PST), Offramp
wrote:

We are meant to board buses by the front door and alight by the centre doors.

Why do old people only want to use the front doors for both?

The facility of egress would seem identical.

All our local buses, (S.E.Essex) have but the one door, (at the
front..........) so when we venture into the Capital we are confuzzled
& panciked by this strange extra door.

As for Oyster Readers which don't work with our bus
passes...............

Well, they will one day. It's a shame that the rest of the country is
door-poor, it wasn't always the case of course.

As for old people at the front -- if it's easier (kneeling bus, at the
kerb, proximity of seats) then good luck to them, and this use should
be formalised and stickered. What about the confused/cunning masses,
none of them old, who think they can get on at the centre door of any
bus? I think they're more of a hazard. Is it time to make any door
boarding and alighting standard on all London's buses -- just as many
countries are going in the opposite direction? (France, and to a
lesser extent, Germany.)

Richard.