It might be different in America with your long , straight roads but in the majority of Europe busses speeding really isn ' t a problem . In fact here in the UK , when a bus is ahead of schedule here it parks at a bus stop and only continues the route when it ' s back on schedule . So bus drivers want to avoid being ahead of schedule anyway . When it ' s behind schedule it ' s because of traffic so speeding isn ' t a possibility anyway . In addition to this , buses are unrestrained . If you ' ve got a woman riding in the standing area with a kid or an elderly person , for example , it ' s best to avoid sudden jolts and such as far as I ' m aware it ' s not as common for people to stand on busses in the US ? Feel free to correct me on that , I ' m uncertain .