(04 Feb 2015, 9:25 pm)mb134 wrote I'm sure that, if common sense was applied, a driver could figure out what was what on a new vehicle type.
10 minutes alone in a cab and I think they'd figure it out?
Yes if common sense was applied then drivers could work things out. But in these days of "where's the blame there's a claim" it just isn't financially sensible to send drivers out with something unfamiliar.
Of course there are times where it does happen, for example when we went to Jesmond to do Metro replacements last spring we didn't get type trained on the DAF deckers. The dashboard was very similar to the Prestiges, of course, so it wasn't a big issue.
Didn't get any type training at the Paralympics though...!