Terry Harper wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in message
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Well actually, all you need is some decent ventilation. Why on
earth don't people design buses with air vents at the front?
Also, in hot weather, why can't buses be driven with front doors
open? Is there an interlock that prevents this? I was on a
single decker in Brentford on
a very hot day recently, and the driver kept the front door open
all the time; it was wonderful to feel a flow of air for once.

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.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

"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?
--
Terry Harper, Web Co-ordinator, The Omnibus Society
75th Anniversary 2004, see http://www.omnibussoc.org/75th.htm
E-mail:
URL: http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk/

Terry Harper wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in message
...
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.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)