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> We knew from studies in the 1950s comparing London bus drivers and London bus conductors that lived in the same environment, but one — they had the bus driver
by Scoundreller 2y ago
> We knew from studies in the 1950s comparing London bus drivers and London bus conductors that lived in the same environment, but one — they had the bus drivers who were sitting, the conductors were standing, and the heart disease rate among the drivers was twice that of the conductors.
Yeah, uhhhh, driving a bus in an urban centre built before motor vehicles doesn’t sound like the most calming of careers.
- mhovan 2y agoEspecially if they open the draw bridge in front of you: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7m8dmkglxo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7m8dmkglxo
- defrost 2y agoIt's all relative, from the PoV of the driver it was less stressful than his earlier driving gig: "He said that he had been a tank-driver during the war and that a tank would have had no trouble getting on to the other side and decided to see if a double-decker could do the same.
- bqmjjx0kac 2y agoUnless they randomly assigned jobs, I am quite skeptical. A person with poor cardiovascular health seems unlikely to pursue a job that requires walking all day!
- pjc50 2y ago> doesn’t sound like the most calming of careers Some places in the UK are having problems retaining/recruiting drivers because of safety issues: attacks on bus drivers, either by angry passengers or random yobs :( I also remember that London bus drivers had a very high mortality rate right at the start of the pandemic: https://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/london-bus-drivers-review/london-bus-driver-review-phase-2-report.pdf https://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/lo...