American Reacts to The Famous London Buses

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[BobbyDazlerRS]

these buses are actually quite easy to drive, its normally the customers that are difficult.

[MaxwellMoore-du]

We've got Double Decker buses all over Britain.

[bananenmusli]

You are one of the few "reaction youtubers" that seem genuinely interested in the topic they're reacting to. That makes your videos especially nice to watch because I am learning too.

[jean-fabl]

Greetings from a London bus driver! I drive the 427, the 207, the E10 and E11!

[TriPBOOMER]

The crazy looking one was designed as a tribute to the original bus, glass swooping down at the front to tribute the single cab buses of old, as well as the rounded roof at the back, the window design was for optimal natural light, and viewing potential, also makes sure that both stair wells, front and back are fully windowed, adding an open feel to a fairly narrow vehicle.

[planekrazy]

The Cool Red Car is a Volvo P1800.
2+2 Sports Car Manufactured between 1961 and 1973.
Famously driven by Simon Templer (Rodger Moore) in the iconic British TV series The Saint.

[tonycasey]

Nearly forty years ago, a friend of mine got a gig driving a used Routemaster from London to Arizona where some guy had bought it t go outside his restaurant/bar. Mike had to drive it to Southampton, put it on a ship bound for New York, then, a couple of weeks later, flew to NY with his girlfriend, picked the thing up and drove it across the States to its new owner. Bearing in mind, this was probably 1982 or thereabouts and it was an old, retired bus, but it made it all the way and never broke down once.

[ChrisGBusby]

So many Americans are like "I don't know how I would handle driving in London" Simple - DON'T!! It's a lot slower than walking, bus, tube etc and will cost you a fortune in congestion charges. If you are only here for two weeks then you would probably only need a car 3-4 days max.

[andyman]

Great vid man, notice the old type bus with the open back door. Back in the day when safety wasn't a thing you could jump on the back while the bus was moving. The conductor was there ready to take your cash.

[wrorchestra]

The Routemaster (pronounced Root-master) was designed using aircraft principles of a monocoque shell. It makes is strong, lighter than a normal bus and much bigger inside. The ones with the curved back windows are the modern version of the Routemaster.

[seijika]

In the UK, its a 'pavement' you walk on next to the road.

[peterbrazier]

A lot of towns in England have double decker Busses

[joeypalmiero]

Those older buses are AEC Routemasters, only produced from 1959 till 1968 but many didn’t leave service until 2005

[lindamerrett]

Loved your reaction, I always sat at the top and up front.

[schmittydAU]

4:23 the windows on the rear and behind/above the driver are following the stairwells between the lower and upper decks.

[ClintDawg]

@12:30 when I went to London as a kid there were still some of those old types in service. The cool thing about them was that they had an open platform in the rear, so people would just jump on and off when the bus slowed down

[siouex]

Ex London bus driver for 4 years here.
Yes, it is narrow and yes, they are big, but once quickly you get hang of it, you're biggest concern is usually not constantly treading a needle, but other road users.
When you visit London, you must board any double-decker, get onto the second floor, and sit in the front seats over the drivers cabin. It is most fun that you can have while riding a bus.
All TFL(Transport For London) buses are red, unless they have sticker advertising
The asymmetrical double-decker is called "New Routemaster", it came to service around 10 years ago, the original Routemaster (11.27)is the one that when you think about really old vintage double-decker.
When it comes to sizes, only double-decker has one standard measurement, and single deckers come in all shapes and sizes.

P.S. 6:45 car is Volvo P1800

[stevieinselby]

Although the red double decker bus is iconic to London, double decker buses are common across the country, they just aren't usually red 😎
They are typically about 11m long, so slightly shorter than a full size single decker at 12m, which means they aren't particularly difficult to manoeuvre. They typically seat about 70 passengers, plus room for standing downstairs.
Riding on the upper deck is best ... especially on routes outside London that go through open countryside, where you can get a great view! It can be very disconcerting if you're sitting at the front, because your field of view is different from the driver's, you can spend the whole journey worrying that you're about to hit a car/building etc.
3:45 That slightly mad design was the so-called "New Bus for London", built in the 2010s as a replacement for the classic split-cab Routemaster that was the mainstay of the fleet from the 1950s to the 1980s. Often called the Boris Bus because it was designed at the behest of Boris Johnson when he was the Mayor of London, they have proved to be expensive to run, have poor reliability, have not been operated as they were supposed to be and have not lived up to the hype around them (which makes them a _very_ fitting tribute to Boris Johnson). While other buses running in London can be found elsewhere around the UK, no other bus company in the country has shown any interest in buying any of these!

[knightwish]

Back in the 1960s my dad was a bus driver and drove the bus shown at 11:20. When visiting London one of the best things is to do a siteseeing tour on a open top doupledecker bus (as long as it's not raining). You get to see more than trying to do it under your own steam.

[frittibreezedancer]

New subscriber here, and I have to reach out because I have a love for buses. Europe has several iconic buses, such as the London Routemasters, but here in my little country of the Netherlands we had one too; the DAF/Den Oudsten MB200, which was the national bus throughout the country from the 70's up to the early 2000's. Very distinctive style, pretty much always in yellow, and it was the bus I, you could say, grew up on as they were all you saw when I was a kid and it was the bus I had to take to the rain station later when I went to school in a different town >^_^< Little random fun fact or two; I NEVER understood why they had amber brake lights, and I was always SO fascinated by the front turnsignals which were two lights above each other which alternated when activated. There's actually a decent few videos to find of them on youtube, too.