Some people like to feel safe in the hands of there own driving or some one they can rely on without anxiety.
Public transport can have the total opposite of everything above. The majority of people would rather be in private transport than take public transport. Public transport does not cater for the taller people or the wider people in the community, meaning that their travel could be uncomfortable. Public transport in town areas with lots of drops doesn’t often cater for comfort but for capacity, let alone reliability.
Everyone has different tastes in music and whether music should be played on public transport due to this reason. You may get person A, who likes classical music and person B, who enjoys controversial arguments or person c, who prefers no music at all. They are three extremes but tastes make it hard for people to compromise.
Parents might feel that their children would cause others distress on a bus with shouting, agitated and lively for bus life how ever long the journey.
One point that many people have been worried about more nowadays is the safety of vehicles both public and private.
Private transport has added comfort for the modern driver. Added features to modern cars maybe;
*ABS – Helps to decelerate in a small amount of time in an emergency, dye to studies showing that quick bursts of braking keeps the car under control more.
*Air bags – Varies from 2 - 12 airbags. Many modern saloon cars have two standard bags one of which is on the driver’s steering wheel the other the passenger’s dashboard.
Hatchbacks tend to have added curtain airbags to protect front and rear seat passengers from side impact. Side airbags to cushion the chest and thorax in side impact decoupling brake pedal to reduce the risk of leg injury. A sensor in the car determines the severity of a collision in a split second, deploying airbags according.
*Sensors – For reversing which enables the driver to reverse more comfortably without damaging other cars or objects.
*Body structure – Rigid body structure means precise handling to help avoid ever having an accident and greater protection for occupants in the event of one.
Reinforcement in the areas most affected during a collision and a brake pedal that is designed to collapse the moment of impact.
Public transport like buses and coaches, do often have the odd bang whilst travelling through town or longer journeys. One good point about these vehicles is that they are very heavier, slower and bigger framed than cars, vans and motorcycles. There is no doubt about the fact there are crashes and serious damage to public vehicles on the road and on the tracks it doesn’t improve. There have been a handful of major incidents on the tracks where it has ended in tragedy. Due to this people have lost faith in drivers and the safety checks of the trains. Where the underground (mainly in London) is concerned, they are very unreliable with strikes and maintenance. Trains do have an emergency button that can be used in an emergency.
Coaches have had seat belts fitted to insure safety of passengers. As coaches/buses are longer than any private every day transport I.E less than eight doors have an emergency door fitter with instructions fitter for passengers. Also with public transport first aid kits and fire extinguishers fitted.
Bus stops are placed in areas that aren’t too discreet but convenient to people travelling.
The last area that I can see a major difference, of which I’ve briefly touched on, is convenience and reliability of travelling.
Private transport is a lot more convenient, when a person has a lot of baggage, expensive products or heavy goods. In this case cars are more efficient just to store everything in the back and not worry about it getting damaged by passer bys or that it might go a stray.
Public transport, buses may have easy location to town centres but once at the passenger’s destination they may have to carry heavy shopping for another five minutes which makes it inconvenient to passengers.
