(17 Mar 2020, 7:02 pm)scanialover wrote There is a very straightforward answer to this sort of behaviour ? Withdraw the services and have the timetable operating around a 6am to 6pm 12 hour timeframe. Controversial yes but putting lives and vehicles at risk for the few measly quid in revenue they generate ? Is it worth it ?

Come the day and the fast escalating Corona virus situation though are we going to have buses for these mindless imbiciles to terrorise ! Now that is scary !

Can happen at any time in the day, especially in Darlington and I believe that this has been done in Darlington before and other areas locally. Been a few issues with little toe rags causing issues for Arriva Darlington lately, a Solo was recently robbed of its emergency exit hammers which may or may not have been used to smash the glass in bus shelters which led to the bus being kept off the road until they could be replaced. Firth Moor is often a trouble area for Arriva with buses being pelted with stuff, gas buses weren't allowed on service 2 in the evenings due to windows regularly being put out (gas more expensive to replace on them than a Solo) , deckers banned from evening 7s at one point for similar reasons, South Bank is another problem area.