I was amused to get a sponsored advert on Facebook again yesterday from Megasightseeing for
our non-stop bus tour
I question "non-stop" in the first place (it will have to make traffic stops as it goes around), but yesterday saw a demonstration of significant size which, surely, will have gotten in its way!
Non stop of course meaning no other stops. Everyone boards and leaves at once location, at the start and end of the tour.
There is a legal reason they’re doing this, it means it doesn’t come under regs for stopping services.
DDA» / PSVAR for starters doesn’t apply to tours with just a single pick up and single drop off point!
I don’t know what vehicles they use, full or part open top? Full open top can’t be fully certified Under PSVAR as it can’t have vertical grab rails upstairs. Full open tops require an exemption certificate which costs significant sums, due to lack of upstairs vertical grab bars. It’s why nearly all new open top conversions now are part open top with an enclosed section- the enclosed section has the required vertical grab bars