Should bus windows be locked open to improve ventilation?

[takno]

Which misses the point that on a moving bus with open windows, and there's virus around, all you are doing is flinging it at force into the faces of those at the back, instead of allowing the particles to the floor. Crazy, just crazy.
Although if face masks work, then issue solved, let's close the windows. It's either one or the other, face masks work and we're saved, or they don't so why are we wearing them? Seing as we don't know the answer, then wear them and close the windows to let the virus drop to the floor if that's what it does.

It's quite possible that the effect of throwing the droplets around is significant, but the logic of refreshing the air regularly is that a lot of the spread is currently reckoned to be through aerosols, which hang about in the air rather than falling to the floor, and which non-mask face coverings are pretty useless at stopping

 

[radamfi]

There are two reasons for this:-
1. Double glazing - bus companies don't like this because it is heavier than single glazing and so costs them money, both to install and in fuel. It also has the benefit of making buses more rigid and so you get less rattle.
2. Air conditioning - bus companies don't like this because it costs them money.

Can you see a theme?

The same reason is why "buses smell like wee", it's not urine, it's a musty smell caused by damp.

That is outrageous. If bus companies are deliberately making it unpleasant to travel by bus when there is an obvious technical fix, surely they don't deserve any passengers at all? Obviously most people already avoid buses for other reasons.

 

[Richard Scott]

That is outrageous. If bus companies are deliberately making it unpleasant to travel by bus when there is an obvious technical fix, surely they don't deserve any passengers at all? Obviously most people already avoid buses for other reasons.

I'm sure they'd install all these features if they thought passengers were happy to pay for them. It's simple economics so not really outrageous.

 

[gnolife]

A scarf over the face is acceptable, and would help with the cold as well as complying with the Covid rules. Everyone's a winner.

Apart from those of us who can't wear them...