It seems so logical to give proper protection to bus drivers and would
hardly be expensive. Who can forget this horrific incident,
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-28/driver-dies-after-bus-catches-fire-in-brisbane/7974172
It
would have been so simple to prevent by having the driver isolated in a
secure driver cabin.

Andrew.

On Mon, 11 Sept 2023 at 15:38, Mark Skinner emessk@...> wrote:

> What's got me beat is that buses in Australia, with few exceptions, have

> extremely poor driver protection as might be found in Europe. Unless I was

> a big bloke, I wouldn't touch commuter bus driving after hours for double

> that amount. It's too dangerous.

>

> If, as they say, it's hard to get people doing the job, surely a cab

> enclosure would help, and relatively inexpensively?

>

> Mark Skinner

>

> On Mon, 11 Sept 2023, 2:08 pm TP, historyworks@...> wrote:

>

>> Can't read it, but I'm guessing it's bus driving. The same problem in

>> Europe, labour shortage and lots of incentives, but they still can't get

>> them. The problem extends beyond bus drivers to heavy vehicle drivers

>> generally.

>>

>>

>> https://www.iru.org/news-resources/newsroom/global-driver-shortages-2022-year-review

>>

>> It's not so obvious with tram drivers as their numbers are tiny compared

>> to road vehicle drivers.

>>

>> Tony P

>>

>> On Monday, 11 September 2023 at 13:54:02 UTC+10 Greg Sutherland wrote:

>>

>>>

>>>

>>> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/it-s-a-100-000-job-but-nobody-wants-it-and-it-s-making-you-late-a-lot-20230907-p5e2yg.html

>>>

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