What a 1st week at new job!

[AlexJ]

I dunno, there don't tend to be seatbelts on buses so crash suddenly and you're flung forwards with your head smashing into a wooden panel. In a car you'd be mostly held in place with your head hitting a cushion of air. But the size of the bus means that unless it hits something equally large (like a lorry or a tree) the above scenario is unlikely to happen.

Ooh, lah-di-dah! Wooden panelled buses, how very swish. In London they are all bare metal poles, vomit stained and slashed upholstery. I'd hate to be in an accident on a bus and end up headbutting a thick steel pole.

I say wooden panel, I mean the bit of chipboard they call a seat. Like this style seating (I can't believe I Googled this...)

Where are the wooden panels? The only thing I see directly in front of me is the windscreen, which is some distance away. Unless you mean the wooden panels on the back of the seats on old busses. In which case, my head wouldn't bang into it unless i was alot less tall.

Yeah, but when the bus comes to an abrupt halt from 30-0MPH, you're still going to be traveling forwards at some speed and that windows which was some distance away will soon be behind you.