Smoking on buses

BraziliaNZ · 15-10-2012 1:41pm #1

Do people still do this in Ireland/Dublin? It was very common when I was younger, and the drivers can't really do anything as they'd get stick and maybe attacked. Does it still go on? I remember every morning on the 27, smell of hash from the scumbags down the back, eeeuuuugh.
It's the only place in the world I've seen this happen by the way.

vicwatson · 15-10-2012 1:42pm

It was very common when you were younger as it was probably legal then:rolleyes:

CardBordWindow · 15-10-2012 1:43pm

Smoking is banned on buses. Has been for a long time. It's classed as a workplace, so you have to go ourside!

frozenfrozen · 15-10-2012 1:44pm

Heroin on the bus is more common these days

cruiser178 · 15-10-2012 1:44pm

Haven't seen smoking on buses in 20 years, must be just a jackeen thing

dr.bollocko · 15-10-2012 1:46pm

They used have smoking carriages on trains back in the day.

You could barely walk in without passing out from the smell of unfiltered fags.

I find all manner of things infuriating on buses. Generally anything involving travelling with others sucks balls.

Rented Mule · 15-10-2012 1:47pm

There are certain buses that seem to see more smoking than others. I used to hate getting stuck upstairs on the 27 heading out of town. There would be a cloud forming by the time it hit Coolock.

Merkin · 15-10-2012 1:48pm

Not so long ago you could smoke on a plane :eek:

BraziliaNZ · 15-10-2012 1:58pm

Mr.S wrote: »

Not that uncommon on Dublin Bus, usually its a junkie/knacker up the back of the bus or drunk people on the last bus into town for the night.

Never seen a Bus Driver do anything, all they do is play that silly announcement over and over.

Why is it the only place where it's accepted though? Bus driver would go nuts, as would the passengers, if it happened in London for e.g.

biko · 15-10-2012 2:00pm

Smoking was banned from buses in general in the late 80s afaik. I remember smoking on trains end of the 90s, not sure when they stopped it altogether.
Or do you mean illegal smoking by Dublin scumbags on Dublin buses?

BraziliaNZ · 15-10-2012 2:00pm

biko wrote: »

Smoking was banned from buses in general in the late 80s.
Or do you mean illegal smoking by Dublin scumbags on Dublin buses?

Well not sure if it's exclusively a Dublin thing, but yeah

Where To · 15-10-2012 2:01pm

People have no manners.

That is all.

davet82 · 15-10-2012 2:02pm

depends on the bus route and the time you are on the bus but its quite rare now to see people smoking on the bus in my experince of late

Capt'n Midnight · 15-10-2012 2:02pm

Merkin wrote: »

Not so long ago you could smoke on a plane :eek:

The airlines banned smoking because it meant they could could use less fresh air from the compressors and recirculate more of the stale air.

This saves fuel.

darlett · 15-10-2012 2:04pm

Merkin wrote: »

Not so long ago you could smoke on a plane :eek:

Smokes on a plane. Sure that was on the box last night

Birneybau · 15-10-2012 2:42pm

darlett wrote: »

Smokes on a plane. Sure that was on the box last night

Muthafupping smokes on the Muthafupping plane!

suicide_circus · 15-10-2012 2:42pm

Nothing like a massive spliff and a can down the back of the bus on me way down to collect me dole entitlements

charlietheminxx · 15-10-2012 2:49pm

It happens occasionally but I would say less thna it used to. Even when I smoked, I always thought it was fairly manky. Though I think I smoked a couple of times on the Nitelink when I was about 18

I use e-cigs now, and if I'm having a few drinks and heading somewhere, I'll often use that on a bus. Still feel sketchy in case the driver comes up to shout at me, not realising it's only vapour!

Toby Take a Bow · 15-10-2012 2:51pm

I definitely think it's less common nowadays. I very rarely get on a bus where someone's smoking, but back in the mid 90s there was always smoking on the buses when I was on one (which might have had something to do with me occasionally smoking on them) - and these weren't your 27 or 77A bus routes either.

Teyla Emmagan · 15-10-2012 2:52pm

It still happens the odd time, is increasingly rare now thankfully. I have seen bus drivers head upstairs and toss the culprit off the bus though. Probably not the safest thing to be doing really, so I'm sure they're all advised not to.

Toby Take a Bow · 15-10-2012 3:05pm

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

It still happens the odd time, is increasingly rare now thankfully. I have seen bus drivers head upstairs and toss the culprit off the bus though. Probably not the safest thing to be doing really, so I'm sure they're all advised not to.

Yeah, not a chance I'd do that if I was a bus driver. In my day (god, I feel so old writing that) it was more often just a bunch of kids thinking they were being incredibly rebellious.

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