Posted By Michael Hobden Having recently changed jobs, which has required me to commute further to work I decided to be green and use Public Transport. It is the first time I can honestly say that I have used a bus for a very long time. As a Health and Safety Professional I have been left surprised and to a degree shocked as to the hazards of traveling on a bus. In the couple of weeks I have been traveling by bus I have seen people slip, trip, stumble and even fall on the bus and all to do with the bus moving when people are either finding a seat or getting up to get off. In one particular case an elderly gentleman was thrown to the front of the bus as the driver hit the brakes and he ended upside down in the door well, bruised, embarrassed and very annoyed. Worst of all the driver did not even get off of his seat, just stuck his head through the hole to ask if he was alright. It seems that all of the drivers are in a hurry and as soon as they have your money they hit the accelerator without giving people to opportunity to find a seat, or in the worst case ascend the stairs to the top deck, were everyone swings around as the bus flies around the corner. I cannot blame any of this on one particular driver as I have never see the same one twice. The buses also seem to travel a lot faster and you can see the unseasoned travellers such as myself holding on with white knuckles and recently one of them even managed to miss a corner and ended up in a field (I was not on board this one). If this is my experience on just one small bus route what must the statistics be like nationally?

Posted By Jane Blunt I would have a word with the bus company about it. My experience in this area is that the drivers watch the passengers using their mirrors and wait until the older passengers have at least got close to sitting down before even trying to set off. They are very considerate. They have mirrors that allow them to see both downstairs and upstairs. Jane