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In London I often see people thanking the driver. At least outside of rush hour & outside zone 1

Yeah I see it all the time on buses where you exit by the front door.

In Dublin, thanking the bus driver is such an ingrained thing that Dublin Bus use it in their job ads (“Get thanked for a living” was a recent one). The switch to two-door buses has complicated this, obviously.

I think it's a central London / outside central London thing. Just in my personal experience people in both Brighton and Somerset thank the driver, and I bet there are plenty of other places like that in the south.

I picked up the habit of saying "cheers drive!" after living in Bristol.