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Buses too crowded

Kabi

Helo everyone. It's been a long time since I posted anything. Things have been going well for the most part.

But I have a slight issue with the one place I go on a Monday. I don't really like going there but I can withstand it for the best of times and just zone out. The problem is the bus ride there. I don't know why, but I am very nervous about getting on this bus. Nothing bad has happened on it that I can acount for. But It's so crowded. The bus I get on has a huge number of collage students on it (which I've had bad experiance with before) and it really frightens me to be in such a close space with so many of them at the same time. I keep thinking that one of them is going to pick on me. (Like I said, past experiance) That combined with the fact that I don't want to go there to begin with, I'm thinking about just getting a later bus...but I don't know.

This is a fairly small problem but please help. Thank you. ^^

  • right i know that i have a problem with haveing a lot of people around me at one time and that geting on a bus can be hard if there are older people who dont know me what i would do is find a freind or (buddy) to gon on the buss with you and try to find a time where the buss in not as crowded

    i hope this helps

    The Major

  • my son who is ten has a big issue with buses -getting off when they start to fill up or to hot or loud[bit awkward with shopping]

    due to carers back pay i was ,have been able to purchase a little run around car;may be this could be the answer or a car share with some one you trust!!

  • i do the college bus 3 times a week, and i feel from were your coming from. gods but buses are always crowded, poorly cleaned and full of annoying, digracful,loud and crude teenage delinquents, or at least thats how it feels. i've been doing it since i started college 3 yyears ago and it hasnt got better, but then, i always take an mp3(or ipod, whatevers your preference) and try to sit back and ignore it until i reach my desination. having to stabnd is a similar problem and personally, if theres an option to wait for the next bus or stand, i'll take it without a second thought.

  • Buses are vulnerable places because the driver, while being within the interior of the bus, has no assistance like a conductor in "the old days", and cannot really do much about what goes on at the back or upstairs. Supposedly they can stop the bus and remove offenders but there are limits to this especially if young people are involved, and I suspect drivers stick to driving as long as they can do so without having to intervene.

    However buses come within the disability discrimination act, just they have longer timescales. Too much is about wheelchair access, and one flaw is that there is a later deadline for adjusting double deckers so a lot of older double deckers have been brought back in service (single deckers fitted out previously for disabled access being superceded, meaning new buses to be purchased come the deadline).

    There isn't enough attention paid to other disabilities. If it is a school bus the school may have an obligation to place staff on the bus to ensure the actions of children do not make it hard for those with disabilities. The school bus is one of those "out of sight" places (like toilets, classes without a teacher present, and out of view areas of school grounds) where bullying most often takes place. So there may be a case for insisting School Governors consider disability interests in allocating school buses.

    With the commercial bus services this is less straight forward because there is still a notion of disability just being that of accommodating blind passengers or wheelchair users. Education about other disabilities is not happening (and should under the act), and taking responsibility for other disabled needs looks like pie in the sky.

  • Agreed, my preferred position in noisy situations is to be up against the perimeter of the environment concerned so the sound and movement only comes from one direction. It makes it more manageable.

  • If I have to get on a crammed bus usually I stand near the doors towards the back with my back against the glass. Its close to the exit, awkward for other people to stand close to me there and puts a barrier between me and the other teenagers/people most likely to try and make fun of me (I find they tend to dominate the back of the bus and upper levels, no idea why, they also love playing their music impossibly loud).

  • i find sitting right at the back of the bus helps with music to listen to and sometimes a book to read as well. the way i see it is if you sit right at the back everyone is in front of you and it lessens the anxiety as having noone behind you means that you can watch what everyone is doing

  • I don't like using  buses but I have to use the bus to get to the  asperger group that I attend. I try to avoid the school rush hour and I try to get a double decker bus because they tend to be less crowded. If the bus is too busy I get off and get another bus because they are very frequent, every 15 minutes or so.

  • It does actually. Thank you. ^^

  • Hi kabi

     

    Thanks for posting.  My son has a big problem with crowded buses but he has just started  taking a later bus to avoid the crowds and he has also found using the train (outside of the rush hour) is much better as it is less crowded.

    I hope that this helps

     

    ColinCat