Warrington's Own Buses

[M60lad]

RE: WBT Network Warrington
I'm guessing you can blame Management and rules and regulations for some of the things you put down Mayneway, I remember myself when I was younger getting on my local operator Citibus and drivers would always have a radio on especially on a Saturday afternoon and there was plenty of banter between driver and passengers as more often than not on a Saturday the driver would be listening to the football while he was driving and passengers would often get on the bus and ask how such and such a team was going and then would more often than not get a reply.

Also I know some drivers who I speak to at various companies don't like the way Health and Saftey has gone in the past couple of years and some operators specifing that on newer vehicles the saftey feature is incorporated whereby you can't open the doors or even drive off before the hand brake is on or released and on some vehicles depending on how slow the doors are add times to the journey, then there's the add-blue situation which deratrates some vehicles and makes them slower.

Sorry for going on and taking this off-thread but the above is what drivers have to put up with on a daily basis and why some drivers seem miserable, its not just some passengers they have to put up with its some of the vehicles they drive as well.

Gone are the days when you could listen to a radio in the cab without fear of getting caught and also driving a bus in summer with doors open adding ventalation to the vehicle because its too warm.