EU have to get off the bus

Yet more lunacy from the EU.

Passengers on a route in Newquay have to get off partway through their journey because their driver is not allowed to drive more than 31 consecutive miles. Thanks to the Driving Times And Rest Periods Directive which came into force last April, drivers are forbidden from covering more than 31 miles at any point in a single trip – unless they have a 45-hour period off in the same week.

It means that customers of Western Greyhound have lost their direct service between Newquay and Plymouth. The route, which covers 54 miles at the cost of £5, is now broken into three stages. First, passengers must catch the 597 from Newquay to St Columb Major, seven miles away. There they must disembark and change onto the waiting 593 which takes them the 27 miles to Liskeard. Finally, the passengers switch to the 592 for the remaining 20 miles to Plymouth.

This at a time when the Government is telling people to use public transport and shortly after Gordon Brown boasting of his pride in being a member of the EU.