If any of you happen to take seat #1, and have to face a sudden braking situation, unless you are prepared for it, it's like a nightmare.
Our Airavath (KSRTC Volvo) bus to Mangalore was running late by about 2.3hrs, last month (remember the famous flooding on the night of the Sep 13th?). The driver was racing on the Nelamangala-Hassan route, and a truck appeared opposite direction, in a bend, while our bus was in the process of overtaking another bus! The braking, though spot-on, is a bit scary. A few of the front row curtains on either sides simply opened up. i had taken seat #5, and was awake then, but the sudden loss of momentum causes passengers to almost get pushed out of their seats!!!.
The bus is among the latest models, and looks neat too, especially the headlight, now being a part of the bumper area, and the rear glass, which is glued to the body, ie. no beading around it (more like the Safari's rear quarter and tailgate glass). All in all, its a great bus, simply floats over the roughest of the roads.
Last row seats can best be avoided, as the blower blows cool air over the head, flowing straight out of the luggage rack
. they can't be reclined much too.