EU forces passengers on and off the buses
By Lucy Cockcroft
Last Updated: 10:53am GMT 25/03/2008
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/25/nbus125.xmlBus passengers who travel along a route of more than 30 miles must get off the vehicle midway through their journey to comply with new EU laws.
The law has been described as a "farce"
The Brussels ruling dictates that drivers must pull over and let everyone off their bus after 30 miles, to ensure they do not spend too long behind the wheel.
Western Greyhound, a bus company operating in rural Devon and Cornwall, is among those affected.
Its Newquay to Plymouth route has been split in three, even though a single driver is used for the entire distance.
The driver is obliged to pull over and ask everyone to get off before the route number on the front of the vehicle is changed, and all the passengers are invited back on board.