On May 17, 11:00*am, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Sat, 17 May 2008 00:07:58 +0100, "Ivor Jones"

wrote:
The problem with deckers in a lot of areas is that's where the yobs tend
to congregate, usually at the back. It's dirtier and smellier up there, as
there are chip wrappers and drinks cans all over the place and more
graffiti than you can shake a stick at.

This is true. *One design a while ago tried to discourage this by
fitting hard plastic seats at the back and comfortable padded ones
elsewhere. *As I've not seen it since, I assume it was not successful.

There are some buses around that have hard seats all along, but with
fabric on them so they look as if they are padded. One tends to break
one's bottom on them when flumping down expecting padding.



The smell is avoided to some extent by the extractor fans fitted to
newer London deckers (which also works very well to avoid other smells
and to avoid steaming up in winter).

There are more robberies at the back of the upper deck than anywhere else
on a bus. Why anyone (except the yobs) sit there is beyond me..!

If the front seat is taken and it has facing seats at the back, it's
where I usually sit, for the legroom...

Neil

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