to requirements here in Christchurch.
At least until the RedBus Companys drivers are trained.
Just $2 gets you on a white knuckle thrill ride, pausing only to catch the forlorn gaze of stranded passengers waving their fists at not being picked up.
I heartily endorse the Drivers getting Paid Sweet Fanny Adams, working split shifts, and operating faulty machinery, as surely fixing these issues would surely mean they'd start giving a fuck about their job.
Who knew the Free Market was such fun?
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cynic would hate being a bus ...
cynic would hate being a bus driver
and don't know how they could
give a shit about their jobs.
If we paid them what they deserved, and they drove better
more people would stay off the roads and take the bus
and busses being more popular
it would be cheaper to take the bus
and then
the cynic wouldn't have to butt heads with
crazy drivers
and we could ban people from driving based on some kind of "dickhead/petrolhead/ westie- IQ test'
If you are a bogan you can never drive
Mullet hairdo men can drive but only to a 6pm curfew
Less money would be needed on road repairs
which could be spent on
lowering the costs of Helicopters
and road workers, being short on cash
could be cajoled into building a helipad in my back yard
next to my turnip patch, for very cheap.
Then the cynic has sweet freedom!
Pay bus drivers what they're worth and sack the dangerous ones!
the world will be a happier place
so says the cynic.
I'm all for paying people a decent ...
I'm all for paying people a decent wage but I suspect paying bus drivers more would have little impact on passenger, pedestrian or cyclist safety.
This is because the vast majority of bus drivers are evil, malicious psychopaths. Christchurch bus drivers are the worst I've come across for accidents (I've been on two different buses that smashed into the same traffic light near the Square) but Wellington ones seem the most hell bent on killing cyclists biking legally biking on a road that happens to house a bus stop or pedestrians who dare to use crossings.
It takes a special kind of maniac to drive a bus and I don't think the wage is their first consideration.
oneday when a trolley bus stops in the ...
oneday when a trolley bus stops in the middle of an intersection right in front of me im going to run round the back and pull the trolley things off.
// This is because the vast majority of ...
// This is because the vast majority of bus drivers are evil, malicious psychopaths.
I concur...
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Perhaps bus drivers should be trained ...
Perhaps bus drivers should be trained in book buses, where poor driving tends to see you pummelled with a hail storm of books, which not only hurts, but takes forever to reshelve....
As for the free market: I remember when ...
As for the free market: I remember when the Dunedin bus routes were run by the council. The buses were giant diesel powered pollution spilling behemouths that constantly broke down. Like today the drivers were all quite mad.
With the introduction of deregulation different companies took over different routes and used mini-buses to get up and down the hills. The buses came more often and the relative flexibilty of the minibus meant the drivers had more options for causing carnage.
The behemoths aren't all gone -- at ...
The behemoths aren't all gone -- at least I figure you're probably referring to the Citibus Newton (the city council company) 1980-1 Leyland Leopards. Mostly they became school buses, but not they are being bought by the private companies. When I catch the bus home (which I usually don't, because they're still not often enough), it's usually in a privately owned Leopard. Their beligerant rumbling is enough for me to yearn for the fruity farting of a trolley bus.
Actually I cast a submission the other day suggesting they run more buses rather than attempt to provide more parking. The traffic is just going mental.