(25 Jan 2023, 11:05 pm)streetdeckfan wrote Can GNE really afford to have bad drivers? I can't imagine their insurance is happy with all these accidents.Honestly it could be that as a user said the 65 has quite new drivers driving it, maybe more senior ones could have been better.
Don't forget most insurance policies require that they are notified of any accident even if there's no claim being made. Failure to do so can result in their policy being cancelled.
If a driver is incapable of driving into a bus station, a place designed to fit large vehicles, without hitting anything, then they shouldn't be driving a vehicle that large.
A driver should be able to judge whether they can get around a badly parked car, if they can't then they shouldn't be driving a vehicle that large.
However 65 crashes seem to happen a tonne. You can see by just looking at the buses.
Speaking on decals being replaced are GNE still ordering new ones as a few been missing for months.
Hetton-Le-Hole seem buse station can get quite tight especially when deliveries are being dropped off and their is an X1 waiting to head to Newcastle. But I dont think there were any major issues when 35 Citaros which are 12m crashed.
I think we've all been on buses where drivers have taken the turns too quickly and had to brake sharply or just got to close to cars for comfort
As well we've seen a lot of agency drivers and they're terrifying as seen on the 900 replacement service, but I dont think there were many accidents when it came to them, but im not sure
(25 Jan 2023, 9:47 pm)ALavery wrote I wouldn’t be surprised, some of the streets they have to go down look like killers, I’m surprised more 60s don’t get into accidents.Tbf the 60/61/65 all are quite tight routes.
But the 96 is extremely tight, the X71 can be in some areas.