WHAT IS A BUS - FULL?
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A Writer in a Wolverhampton Contemporary Expresses His Viewson a Pe3rp1exhig Subject.
T' problem has been put to me, says " Vigilant " in the W olverhamptori, Express and Star : How many people can be accommodated in a Wolverhampton Corporation bus designed to carry 32?
Well, for a start, one extra on the front makes 33. Then allow two standing up in the gangway to each seat space. That makes 41. An equal number standing up at the rear makes 49.
Then the conductor shouts, "Move farther up the gangway, please." The top strap-hanger wedges himself in on the end seat. Four parents take their offspring on their knees, making room for four more. Two more find room at the back. That makes 56.
"Please pass up the gangway, for goodness sake, please," roars the conductor. By wedging themselves in alternately, sardine-wise, instead of in file, the strap-hangers in the gangway make room for six more. That makes 62.
By pushing and shoving at the back, and treading on people's corns, the rear passengers make room for eight more. That makes 70.
"Do move up," now pleads the conductor. "There's room for a couple more yet.'' The two more wedge them selves into the nooks and crevices. That makes 72.
The conductor then gives the three bells, and three more people jump on the steps. That makes 75.
And the members of the corporation no doubt rub their hands with glee at such good business.
But SUMO day—!
This is an amusing sidelight on a problem which exists in most thickly populated areas in this country. Not only does it serve to indicate the increasing popularity of the motorbus but suggests that more and more vehicles of this type will be required.