School Bus Query

Cycle Designer

Hi.

Does anyone know the Bus Eireann policy on school buses picking up hitchhikers.

My child's rural primary school bus, subcontracted from Bus Eireann to a local bus company, collects the occasional pedestrian wandering along the country lanes. My child says the passenger stinks of drink, at 3pm. I'm sure that can't be allowed. Garda vetting?

Do I have a word with the driver, the bus company or bus eirrean.

LXFlyer

I would suggest the bus company, in the first instance, and then Bus Eireann if you don't get a result.

corktina

Yes, I'd be pretty unhappy about that too.

Julius Seizure

Is it a schoolchild only bus? On some routes to my school bus eireann supply the ticket and subcontract to Kavanagh but they actually just allow schoolbus tickets on their public timetabled bus

gbob

I'd be ****ing furious if that is schools only service, shouldn't have drunks on any bus but absolutely no way on a school bus.

No Pants

Cycle Designer wrote: »

Does anyone know the Bus Eireann policy on school buses picking up hitchhikers.

Are these passengers buying a ticket?

Going Forward

Cycle Designer wrote: »

Hi.

Does anyone know the Bus Eireann policy on school buses picking up hitchhikers.

My child's rural primary school bus, subcontracted from Bus Eireann to a local bus company, collects the occasional pedestrian wandering along the country lanes. My child says the passenger stinks of drink, at 3pm. I'm sure that can't be allowed. Garda vetting?

Do I have a word with the driver, the bus company or bus eirrean.

If you are on good terms and feel comfortable doing it, say it to the driver.

It would not be best practice or acceptable to mix random adults with children on a dedicated school bus. The contractor could get in big trouble for permitting it due to child protection issues.

Hesh's Umpire

No Pants wrote: »

Are these passengers buying a ticket?

This is the nub of the question. If it's a dedicated school bus, this shouldn't be happening and should immediately be reported to local Bus Éireann office.
If however, it's a public scheduled service, many of which accomodate schhochildren, then it's possible that the driver is entitled to pick up adult passengers (once they're paying).

No Pants

Hesh's Umpire wrote: »

This is the nub of the question. If it's a dedicated school bus, this shouldn't be happening and should immediately be reported to local Bus Éireann office.
If however, it's a public scheduled service, many of which accomodate schhochildren, then it's possible that the driver is entitled to pick up adult passengers (once they're paying).

It's over twenty years since I got a bus home from school and that was as a secondary school pupil, but we were just getting the regular bus home. There were sometimes regular passengers. The journey must have been quite tough for them, sharing an often heavily overcrowded bus stuffed full of teenagers.