On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:59:57 +0100, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

In many ways it is, since dwell times at stops are a great deal shorter,

Not necessarily with off-bus ticketing and front/rear doors.

and also, a conductor can help someone on to a bus (say, someone with
poor sight, or who can walk, but with difficulty) in a way that a driver
cannot.

A driver could, if he wasn't required to protect the takings[1] and
therefore could leave the cab. The safety argument is essentially the
same for a driver or a conductor (though admittedly they could assist
one another in a really serious case).

[1] These could be protected by taking ticketing completely off the
bus, or by using a farebox/automatic change machine setup whereby the
driver was not capable of influencing change given.

Neil

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