In message , Sacha
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On 27/3/08 14:32, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:
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The reason there is legislation is that workers are obliged to agree if they
want to work.

It's 2008 not 1908 everybody is entitled to a rest of two days a week.

I don't think anybody's arguing about that.
This is a quote from the article and below is the link to the whole article
"Bus passengers on some rural routes are being forced off their vehicles
part way through their journey because of EU rules.

Legislation forbids bus drivers from travelling for more than 30 miles in
one go.

Passengers on some routes must get on and off their bus, sometimes twice, to
prevent bus operators from prosecution.

Operators in Cornwall have condemned the new rule brought in last April as
"idiotic" and have called for Whitehall to step in.

Western Greyhound, based in Newquay, has been forced to split its Newquay to
Plymouth service into three sections.

Although one driver is used throughout the trip, passengers have to buy
three tickets and break their journey twice."
http://tinyurl.com/2x6a49

Either the driver is taking the required breaks, in which case what is
gained by requiring the passengers to disembark, and to buy three
tickets, or the driver is not taking the required breaks (on the
argument that he is not driving a single service, and therefore doesn't
have to take the breaks?), in which case at least the spirit of the law
is being broken.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley