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On 27/3/08 14:32, in article , "Martin" wrote: snip 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. This is incorrect. The legislation does not forbid bus drivers from travelling more than 30 miles' The EU rules lay down rest breaks and require tachographs. However, to make life easier, they have exempted vehicles travelling less than 50km (31 miles) in one go. So what may be happening is that bus companies are cutting route lengths in order to avoid having to monitor drivers' hours and ensure rest breaks. The EU legislation can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2jqzfo -- Kay |
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OT calling any French residents
In message , Sacha
writes On 27/3/08 14:32, in article , "Martin" wrote: snip 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. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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