has anyone else noticed a few homeless people getting on buses recently? I assume most of them are just trying to get out of the cold but sometimes its a problem.

I know a month or two ago, I was on a bus and the driver had let a homeless guy on who was completely off his face, I think he had some kind of mental disability and he ended up harrassing school girls on the bus and then following them off the bus and running after them.

Luckily, I noticed what was happening and got off the bus to lend my service. No one else was willing to do anything, they just stood by and watched. In the end he was arrested, but he managed to steel food and harras several other people before the police even arrived.

Should bus drivers prevent homeless people from using the buses to get warm? I know some even insult the homeless, but others seem to let them on.

but if theyve got the fare or a bus pass how can they,
not all homeless people are drunks etc:confused:

Originally posted by wiseman
but if theyve got the fare or a bus pass how can they,
not all homeless people are drunks etc:confused:

I did question that myself, I have no idea how they sometimes manage to get on the bus in the first place.

i just dont want to be unfair to homeless peeps,
i mean i wouldnt want to be a bus driver full stop can you imagine the last bus,everybody drunk urgh,for what they get paid they should not have to decide who gets on,if theyve got the fare it should not be the drivers problem:(

wiseman, i think you have been secretly filming me in order to make your avatar :(

lol:D :clap: ;)

if they pay to get on the buses and dont annoy anyone then wheres the problem?

but if they do annoy anyone its exactly the same as if some Rich ponce got on the bus and started telling everyone how rich they were and getting thrown off.

doesnt matter how big your home is(or if you have one) to get on the bus.

What is the possition as regards drivers allowing people (homeless or otherwise) who are drunk onto buses in the first place.

There have been several times when I have been on a bus and someone has boarded the bus who I would rather had not and who was clearly drunk.

Do drivers have the right (or perhaps a duty to other passengers) to refuse entry to anyone who appears to be drunk?

I would imagine they do have that right yes. But then they probably don't care.

Originally posted by slimsid2000
There have been several times when I have been on a bus and someone has boarded the bus who I would rather had not and who was clearly drunk.


That might have been me.

Seriously if someone is just drunk and isn't causing a scene whats the problem ?

I think most passengers would prefer drunk people not allowed on buses in the first place. Anyway, how can the driver tell what they will be like when the first get on; better safe than sorry.

ffs - wait till the morality crew catch hold of this thread - how do you know he's homeless anyway - does he have a sign around his neck. I bet most bus drivers get more hassle from smart arsed tw*ts on a friday night then they ever get from homeless people...

:loopy:

If you don't allow anyone on a bus who could potentially cause a problem the busses would be completely empty except for pensioners.

Some oap's are worse than some young people, constant tutting and they never give there seat up when i'm drunk and disorientated

I had a pot on my leg a few years ago and oap's were soooo unhelpful especially those pullalong shopping trolley ones..

:mad:

Doesn't matter who they are, where they come from and what their material possesions are, the rule is the same . .

keep yourself to yourself and no bother anyone, ride as much as you want on buses.

Look for trouble, intimidation, conflict or set out to be a general pain in the a$$ and you aint welcome. .

It the driver asks someone to kinldy alight the veihcle and they not so kindly decline, then it's up to the passengers to make it clear that by stopping this bus from progressing its journey, is stealing my life, which ain't summat I take to kindly to. .

Originally posted by slimsid2000
I think most passengers would prefer drunk people not allowed on buses in the first place. Anyway, how can the driver tell what they will be like when the first get on; better safe than sorry. waaat ,if ive been out for a drink with my mates and i'm a bit drunk,i dont expect to be banned from getting on my(maybe last bus)-and would you like me to stagger home drunk too and get hastled by the smack heads on the way home,i have never hastled anyone on a bus and people who do should be asked to get off by the driver or he'l phone the police-simple,but any one should be allowed to get on the bus,cos its a propper laugh because the late buses can be a party in themselvs for all ages.

How can you tell somone is 'homeless' just by looking at them ? :confused: