(15 Dec 2018, 9:47 am)Andreos1 wrote See I tend to disagree slightly. 
The number of errors at the roundabouts at South Gosforth was proportionaly high.
The road layout and need for extra space caused no end of issues on a regular basis. 
That's with people being quite familiar with the area.
Now assuming Carlisle is used as last resort and you have a confident learner, but who is unfamiliar with something with the road layout over there, similar to South Gosforth - then the chances of a mistake are going to be increased.

Sorry you are totally wrong with this statement, first to get behind the wheel of a bus you have to be a qualified driver and as such should be well used to hazards on the roads, you are being trained to handle a larger vehicle NOT learn to drive. Trainees are taken all over the north east to learn situations such as you describe, they cannot just learn the test routes. When I trained we went over the test routes a few times but usually we just headed where the instructor felt comfortable