Problem of SMRT A24

Took a production SMRT A24 recently and can't help but notice how many back facing seats there are in the bus.

Here are the facts:

SMRT Man A24 NG363F 

Standing - 80

Seating - 51 

8 seats facing backwards (15%) 

  

SMRT ADL Enviro500

Standing - 51 

Seating - 55 (upper deck)

Seating - 28 (lower deck)

4 seats facing backwards (5%)

I don't know how many people think / feel like me but for taking buses, but i don't usually like that to face the back for a few reasons:

a) I don't like the whole bus to look at me

b) I like to see what is coming and not what has past

c) I feel a little giddy when I am in the bus too long facing backwards (ok, its just me i believe) 

I understand that because of the A24 low floor design, and because of the wheel arch , there is no choice but to place the seats backwards in terms of efficiency, which is why I think the Enviro500 double decker or the Man A95 for the matter, is better, at least as the kind of bus i want to be on. 

Not only does the double deckers have more seats, there are less seats that face backwards. Good for long and comfortable journey rides, actually no, good for any journey, not just those long ones.

A couple of A24s parked at the interchange