(17 Aug 2014, 10:47 am)Half Pint wrote drunks don't have control over their body systems either if some of you are old enough to have had a night out would understand.
Are they tied down and force fed alcohol like? It's their choice to get rat arsed and in a state that they're likely to vomit on public transport. Why should one person like that be allowed to disrupt the entire bus?
Interestingly, GNE's conditions of carriage state they reserve the right to to refuse entry/travel to drunks, druggies, and those who are just of a poor personal hygiene. A good move in my opinion...
(17 Aug 2014, 10:47 am)Half Pint wrote The bus would have to come off anyway to be cleaned so really what disruption, you want a clean bus don't you? If a spare bus can be put out to transfer passengers to the destination the mileage, which is most important is not being lost! Time can be gained back while that bus is out and cleaned to which can be put to point A for the spare bus to transfer passengers which takes 2-3minutes at that?
The disruption is that other passengers travelling on that service aren't getting to their intended destination on time or reaching their connections. May not be too much of an issue for a shopping trip or whatever, but it would certainly impact commuters. You say *if* a spare bus can be put out. Can it always be put out? and what is the turnaround on that? I'd estimate you'd lose 20-30 minutes to get a spare bus put out and in service, but that's on the occasion a spare can be put out. What about during peak times when the fleets are fully utilised to run scholars and works services? Or on an evening when you have a skeleton staff, which also impacts the time taken to get a replacement out?