Boy ordered off bus in pass row

“"So we pay for a bus pass to allow a child to go to a school miles away from home
The child breaks the rules
The parent (Registered Disbabled/Low Income but able to stand up and pay for some nice tatoos runs to the Mercury)
Mmmm?"

Don't judge a book by it's cover. Pre-Judgements never do anyone any good.”

“As a Bus campaigner I find it incredibly stupid how drivers and the companies can act like this. The General manager is right, kids are not allowed to be 'dumped', Per se, willy nilly. The companies entrusted on such services, or ones where passes are needed, have a legal obligation to make sure that the children get home safely. Nice one mr. Driver, you broke the law (in a sense) I bet you won't get done for it either!

Re: IANTHERED2001; I totally agree with your comments, however, I would like to say not all drivers are like that, one needs to be open minded.

As regards, drew197, your comments say it all. Obviously this driver is a particularly bad egg within the company. this really doesn't give bus drivers a good name, However I sincerely hope that this doesn't happen again, I would be very concerned as well had it have been my child.

I also agree with the sentiments that there should be clearer information regarding passes of all kinds, where they can be used and when giving details of all the limitations. This could potentially happen to an OAP or disabled person as well.

Bruce - Leicestershire Better Bus Campaign.”

“So we pay for a bus pass to allow a child to go to a school miles away from home

The child breaks the rules

The parent (Registered Disbabled/Low Income but able to stand up and pay for some nice tatoos runs to the Mercury)

Mmmm?”

“The driver just can't win. Had he let someone on with an invalid ticket/pass and the inspector (or revenue protection bod) did a random inspection of tickets then the driver would have been disciplined for allowing the person on the bus.

I used to use first very frequently and they do not appear to want their drivers to use common sense. One had to radio into the garage (when I reminded him a road ahead was dug up) to see if he was allowed to drive down a different road - I half-hoped they would tell him to drive straight into the hole!

Another one - with an empty bus that was directly behind a full bus on the same route - was severely reprimanded for a bit of lateral thinking in turning the bus early to run back into town on time - because he didn't pass the inspector at the terminus.

It is commented that this driver frequently confiscates passes. Pity a few more don't check tickets more rigourously as this would make passengers think twice about stealing from the bus company and raising everyone else's fares. I know a few people who have ridden out to Coalville on an Arriva city pass and then raised merry hell when the driver wouldn't bring them back again on it!”

“I feel there should be more clear rules for both the passengers and for the bus drivers on how to use the bus passes what stops are valid etc. This then will reduce incidents such as the one reported here. I feel the bus driver was being very harsh and a bully to this young 12 year old, shameful behaviour shown by the bus driver. As buses are fitted with CCTV, then I would be interested as a bus company to review what happened, as the time and date, which was recorded.”

“Hi everyone. I have read the above comments and would like to clarify some points for you. My son was ONE stop away from the one near the school, he didn't know that he was only to use the one nearest, as that is not stated in the information we recieved with the pass. He says he used that stop several times before with the same kind of pass, as his friends get the bus there, and there has never been a problem before. The 6 mile journey involves changing buses in town. The staff in the First Travel shop told me that the driver who gave them my son's pass does confiscate passes particularly often.”

“it does not matter if any thing happens to you so long as your bus pass is in order”

“@ Patrick4939; You misinterpret my remarks, I wouldn't condone dismissal for an isolated incident (except in the most serious cases, of course) - I simply feel that as previously stated people have good and bad days, but if his attitude is as blunt and inflexible as reported (and he lacks the nous to handle a vulnerable member of the public more sensitively) then perhaps he shouldn't be in a customer-facing role?

It seems he either requires some kind of guidance, or needs to reconsider his career. it's a straightforward enough principle.”

“I would like to know which route the bus takes to get 6 miles on the clock, not quite 4 I would say but 6 sounds better when complaining.
Nowhere in the article does it say it was the lad's first day at school folks. It does say first day BACK, SO maybe there is more to this than meets the eye.

Graham_LE3
Like getting guys fired for one slip up do you ? If hire and fire appeals to you get a job in the states.”

“Bus drivers should read this !

http://tinyurl.com/77l97qy”