Teflon Lettuce
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-45561937
Following today's verdict on the fatal Coventry bus crash there have been calls for tougher laws on driving pcv's in old age and also for stricter controls on the number of hrs a driver can work each week.
It was reported that the driver involved, who was 78 at the time of the crash and had regularly been working over 70 hrs a week. Whilst I think it ridiculous that a 78 yr old would want to work full time in any job, let alone doing something as stressful as bus driving and even more incredulous that they would want to effectively do two weeks work every week I do think it's about time that the laws on driving hrs were looked at.
I'm sure that most members of the public are unaware that, technically, a bus driver can legally work 102.5 hrs {driving for 70 of those hrs} in any given week, and furthermore a bus driver can technically work 7 days a week 52 weeks a yr. Whilst this is extreme and I'm not suggesting that any bus driver would even attempt to do so, many bus drivers are forced to work long hrs and work many of their rest days just to make ends meet due to the almost poverty wages in many parts of the industry... indeed it isn't unheard of for bus drivers to be paid either the minimum wage or barely above it.
what are other members views on the matter?
A bus driver who crashed into a shop, killing two people, was driving dangerously when he caused the deaths, a trial of facts has found.
The double-decker bus driven by Kailash Chander smashed into a Sainsbury's supermarket in October 2015.
He had worked for more than 70 hours in the week leading up to the crash.
Following today's verdict on the fatal Coventry bus crash there have been calls for tougher laws on driving pcv's in old age and also for stricter controls on the number of hrs a driver can work each week.
It was reported that the driver involved, who was 78 at the time of the crash and had regularly been working over 70 hrs a week. Whilst I think it ridiculous that a 78 yr old would want to work full time in any job, let alone doing something as stressful as bus driving and even more incredulous that they would want to effectively do two weeks work every week I do think it's about time that the laws on driving hrs were looked at.
I'm sure that most members of the public are unaware that, technically, a bus driver can legally work 102.5 hrs {driving for 70 of those hrs} in any given week, and furthermore a bus driver can technically work 7 days a week 52 weeks a yr. Whilst this is extreme and I'm not suggesting that any bus driver would even attempt to do so, many bus drivers are forced to work long hrs and work many of their rest days just to make ends meet due to the almost poverty wages in many parts of the industry... indeed it isn't unheard of for bus drivers to be paid either the minimum wage or barely above it.
what are other members views on the matter?
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