(28 Jul 2023, 8:53 am)N1cholas wrote They might be "dedicated" school buses but i don't think the majority of the public really cares if a older bus turns up instead of a newer bus, they just want a bus to turn up, they don't care what colour it is, what extras it has on, they just want to go somewhere at the time it should turn up at the end of the day thats what they pay their money for
I disagree with that, most people don't care whether it has a USB socket or NSA screens.
People certainly do care though when the bus is full of rattles, stinks of damp and there's water leaking down the side of the bus as the windows are leaking or even worse struggle to get a seat because they have to climb stairs as there's a middle door taking most the low floor seats. There's a minimum bar and most these ex London buses are below that bar.