Opening the doors serves as a safety precaution to enhance visibility and auditory awareness for both the driver and passengers. By opening the doors, bus drivers can better hear any approaching trains and have an unobstructed view of the tracks.
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Most likely they are early - ahead of the timetable. Most bus networks have 'time points' along routes, where the drivers must wait until the correct departure time if they are early.
The safest seat on a bus is in the middle (aisle seats), between the two front tires. This is because it is the most protected from potential accidents.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Highway Safety Program Standard Guideline 17 specifically states that every student must be seated before the bus is in motion.
If you are waiting at a bus stop and the bus drives past, it is likely it has reached its reduced seating capacity. If the bus does stop, but is near capacity, the driver will only allow one person to board for every person that gets off, so you may need to allow extra time for your journey and be prepared to wait.
The effects of being sedentaryOn days off, bus drivers average nine hours per day of sedentary time. The study went on to find that almost 75 percent of the participants were overweight or obese. The combination of a sedentary profession and being overweight can put you on the road to developing heart disease.
Mainly in order to maintain schedule. Traffic on the streets is highly unpredictable. There is a certain degree of uncertainty associated with travel times from one stop to another even when the bus way is grade separated from other traffic. In mixed traffic, there is no way to predict travel times at all.
Why don't city buses in most UK cities have rear doors? Because almost all buses now in use are single manned - you have to pay your fare to the driver and s/he has to sit at the front for obvious reasons! Rear doors are simply not practical with driver-only operation.
Riders yell out “back door” when they forget to pull the stop cord and realize they are at their stop. If you pull the cord (lanyard) it won't sound, cause the coach is stopped and the front door open. “Back door please” lets the operator know you wish to exit the rear door.
When you're travelling, you're just sitting in one constant position for a long time. Throw in traffic chaos and the vehicle jerking at every stop and you'll feel irritated as well. Just sum up the psychological and the physiological stress your body goes through and what you end up with is tiredness.
You might be uncomfortable mixing with other people in an enclosed space, or worried about how other passengers might behave. Many people who get anxious on public transport have a similar underlying concern, which is that they won't be able to get off when they need to, for instance if they feel panicky or sick.
The factors contributing to fatigue differ between bus drivers, just like any other profession. However, drivers who maintain a rigid schedule of work and sleep usually have less trouble dealing with fatigue. Fatigue is your body's signal to you that it needs rest and quality sleep.
The safest seat in a school bus is generally in the middle, in an aisle seat on the right hand side, between the tires. It's safer if there's a head-on, side and rear-end collision. It is also less bumpy and jarring to the body.
If the bus has a stop button, use it. Sometimes you have to pull a cord (usually around and above the windows) or press on a rubbery strip to do the same thing. Watch the other passengers and look around the bus. If there's no such device, or the bell doesn't work, speak up.
Bus drivers are people who take extra precautions and get people to where they need to go. So as riders, we can at least say thank you. It might not mean a lot to you, but it'll mean a lot to the driver. The proverb of thanking the bus driver is not only something you should do every once in a while, but every day.
Why do people in England thank the bus driver when they get off? They do this in the rest of the UK too, and in Ireland - not sure about the rest of Europe. It's just a cultural convention around politeness and etiquette; thanking someone for a service provided (including a paid service) is very customary in the UK.