The tip of the iceberg?
19 January 2010
In the article the Mirror states:
"The 18-year scam, by First Group staff, put passengers' lives at risk by selling Passenger Carrying Vehicle licences for £1,500."
Now you might think it strange that they could sell the Passenger Carrying Vehicle (i.e. bus) licences in the first place. Yet in the UK we have a system where most bus licences are actually awarded by the companies that drivers work for rather than the drivers passing a test conducted by neutral state examiners working in the DSA. A system where companies award licences lends itself more readily to corruption than having the state awarding all such licences.
The Union is campaigning against this practice; not only because of the possibility of corruption but also because we believe that drivers passed by the companies are less safe than those passed by state examiners.
The simplest way to ensure that all bus drivers are tested to the same, correct and safe, standard is have them all tested by state examiners in DSA. Having DSA do this work would also stamp out the corruption reported by the Mirror.
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