Believed to be in their teens, the three were seen clinging onto the back panel of an Arriva North East bus which was pulling away in Darlington’s town centre on Monday afternoon.

Here is what people have been saying about the incident on our Facebook page:

Stuart Nelson We need more police in the town centre - imagine how the bus driver who have felt if one was injured or killed

LisaMarie Wood And what if a child see's that.. and tries to copy! Absolute disgrace

Stella Rogers If they was my kids, one they have more sense, two if they did do it they would get a good hiding, 3, I would take them to the police station myself

Nic Gaskin Seen this done back in the 80s. He fell off and died after getting hit by the car behind. The guy who’s van he was on lost his job as he couldn’t drive again

Dave Mitchell You know what will happen when they fall off. It won't be there fault Mama's and Dad's will say it's not kids.

Kevin Robert Boddy Just leave them to it and when they get hurt they won't do it again

Gav Francis Baker Happened in the early 2000s on the Branksome buses and there wasn't a real eye battered. Social media has led us into a police state where everyone complains about everything. Bet half the people complaining on here went on building sites when younger, climbed school roofs for balls, walked the railway lines, played knock and run! In no way do I condone this behaviour but if they fall they fall if someone dies then it's a lesson for others that try and do it. But I see alot of people on here who's kids I knew and guess what they were doing exactly the same stuff you just didn't no because there was no Facebook to tell you

Leigh Brannigan What a set of idiots do they not realise what it does to the poor drivers if one of them get killed 

Kathleen Cruickshanks Yet again, our town is in the news....for all the WRONG reasons!!! Where is discipline? These are kids with nothing to do! When was the last time their parents told them to behave themselves? They’re behaving like yobs.