(14 Feb 2016, 12:26 pm)Andreos1 wrote Just picking up on the PSVAR discussion and the rights/wrongs.

There was mention of inflated prices for 'compliant' vehicles and how for the sake of a few mm, a bus is no longer compliant - despite being low floor.

I touched on housing regs and mentioned how rules had changed, but homes were not classed as unsuitable and ripe for demolition.

I firmly believe there should have been a period of grace for these non-compliant vehicles, just as has been suggested previously.
Their natural life span would be coming to an end soon.

What is potentially more dangerous, are those drivers who are in charge of D1 class vehicles and who passed their driving test pre 1997.
The law does not stipulate they undergo additional driver training to drive said vehicle.
The Grandfather rights on that licence offered that period of grace.

It is up to an operator to propose any assessment, practical training or MiDAS session.

Why couldn't that period of grace be allowed for the actual vehicles?