Unfortunately it's more than "a few mindless individuals". Quite a lot of
people jump on and off Routemasters without even thinking that they're
crossing a functioning piece of road in the process.






Personally, I have never experienced someone jumping off a Routemaster coming
to grief, but I have often seen (and personally been the victim of) premature
door-closing by negligent bus drivers! I regard that as a greater risk - at
least to myself anyway!

Marc.