On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 09:30, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder < tramsdownunder@...> wrote:

>

> Also it would mean training all bus drivers to go through the stops

> particularly in tram replacement situations and it’s not worth training

> hundreds of drivers who may need to use that knowledge once in a blue moon.

> That’s what a worker in the operation section told me.

>

> If you treat all your drivers as ignorant oafs , that is all you will get..


In Europe they appear to expect their bus drivers to operate their vehicles
with precision. Buses and trams sharing stops is common all over Germany
for example. Artics manage to pull up along side tram platforms with all 4
doors next to the platform with 'like on rails' precision.

Except the 'non in Europe UK'. were they appear to hire minimum wage
drivers in from Poland who can't even speak English, run them over the
route once, hand them a UK bus license and turn them loose. I'm sure this
situation is what our bus operators aspire to, not the German model.