(16 Oct 2018, 7:28 pm)MrBoyt wrote What's the EU got to do with worse standards of bus construction?
Not a lot, many EU countries are still wedded to three-door heavyweights, as far removed from a Streetlite as one can get. I believe buses (as opposed to coaches) are subject to the UK's own Construction and Use rules, so nothing to do with the EU, other than the emissions legislation (Euro VI).