Yup...Most Po`Folks who actually use Buses to move about the place in London
Town generally made good and effective use of the Open Platform concept.
Contrary to the picture painted by some sections of TfL the vast majority of
these people managed to disembark without doing themselves any great harm.
Of Course some came to grief,in the same manner as Bicyclists and
Skateboarders can sometimes be seen in supine positions at various
inappropriate locations.
The difference of course is that each Individual faller began to impress the
Legal World greatly with their capability to be "Compensated" for their
injuries,pain and suffering etc...

The ability to generate a whole mess of Legal Fee`s did not,of course,enter
into the equation at all.

I still regard the open 3/4 aspect platform of a Routemaster as being
intrinsically safer than the considerably more concealed centre or front
door of a "Modern" vehicle.

Any Motorist,Cyclist,or Person in Control of Animals following a Routemaster
has a very clear view of those who are actually ON the platform AND those
who may be coming down the stairs to perform their personal Fosbury Flop
onto terra firma.
This visibility is totally absent from a modern design which of course
ensures that the Driver must take great care to get the Bus as close to the
kerb as possible in order to prevent the emerging passengers ending up as a
Spirit of Destiny on some Honda Bros handlebars.

The very real problem of passengers being "Imprisoned" on a slow moving
Doored Bus along City Streets is something which TfL`s specialists will have
to address as the Option of using a Routemaster Route is Now almost gone.

In the meantime just enjoy the on-board athmosphere.