On Dec 21, 1:07*pm, wrote:
On 21 Dec, 07:51, Adrian wrote:

gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

Does anybody here seriously think that a new bus will be allowed with
open rear deck.
I sincerely hope so.
An open platform may make sense in Oxford Street where the speeds of
traffic are pretty slow but really anywhere else it is simply dangerous
- the only justification of an open platform is so that people can get
on and off at places which aren't bus stops - is there any other?.

Does there need to be? Isn't that compelling enough already?

It's about as compelling as saying that you should be able to park
your car absolutely anywhere regardless of the effect on traffice. *If
it was the right way to proceed there wouldn't be rules against
drivers opening the doors on conventional buses when they aren't at
stops.

Mind you, Oxford Street is the only place I saw a potential boarder fall
backwards off a Routemaster into the gutter when they missed a bus
moving off.

****ed, was he?

Not at all. *It was an apparently sober female shopper carrying
shopping bags who went to board a bus moving off at Oxford Circus and
didn't make it. *Are you trying to suggest that only drunk people run
for buses and miss them?

I expect that open platforms would be a far greater risk nowadays,
with drivers effectively required to avoid letting people get on or
off in order to keep to timings (and all stops being request stops
now).