Terry Harper wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in message
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Terry Harper wrote:

For a long time all of the Eastern Coachworks bodies had vents at
the front of both upper and lower decks. With a front entrance
this is not possible downstairs.

Perhaps they should talk to car manufacturers, who have found it
possible to fit front air vents on vehicles with front entrances
for the last 50 years or so.

Not the sort we are talking about here. Have a look at the front of
a Routemaster or an RT, or even a Lodekka, to see what is meant. Or
did you mean opening windscreens?

I'm thinking about a technology similar to the fresh-air vents on any
car dashboard. All it needs on a bus is to make the front windows
smaller so as to leave room for air vents which would feed through to
the interior, with fan assistance. What's so difficult about that?
Replacing upper deck opening windows by vast sheets of glass with no
front ventilation whatsoever is a gross design blunder that ought to
have been corrected by now.
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Richard J.
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