In ,
Bevan Price typed, for some strange, unexplained
reason:
: "Neil Williams" wrote in message
: ...
: On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:54:20 -0000, "Bevan Price"
: wrote:
:
: And in Manchester, many / most passengers seem to ignore the second
: door, and alight at the front, even those who had been sitting in
: the rear portion
: of the bus.
:
: Probably because in the early days drivers were reluctant to open
: the rear doors. May still be.
: :
: When I first used them on the Manchester - Bury route, the rear doors
: were often opened if anyone was standing near them, but most
: passengers seemed to ignore them and alight at the front. Maybe there
: were insufficient bendy buses in the area for people to become
: familiar with alighting at a second door.

When they (briefly) tried two-door buses in Birmingham in the 70's, the
little hooligans all got on via the exit door to avoid passing the driver.
They (the buses) didn't last long. The hooligans, unfortunately know how
to breed and are therefore still sadly with us.

Ivor