(02 Jul 2015, 6:19 pm)South Tyne Lad wrote I don't like really long routes that until recently had Tacographs like the X93, Guisbourgh for Whitby for Scarborough.....Really what made Arriva change it anyways? The B9s had Tacos, ok they were problematic but it doesn't really make clear to passengers were the bus is going is it going to Guisbourgh or Whitby or Scarborough? We all know what passengers can be like these days!
(02 Jul 2015, 6:34 pm)aureolin wrote I don't know much about what happened there, but I'd assume cost. Splitting the route, therefore avoiding the requirement of a tacho, means that drivers are on GB domestic rules rather than EU rules.
Splitting the route brings the drivers onto domestic hours (10 hours maximum a day, maximum of 5.5 hours driving time before a meal break is mandatory) rather than the more complex EU hours (maximum of 4.5 hours before a mandatory break). Although the amount of trips the driver can do hasn't changed on the X93 (drivers can still only do Whitby-Middlesbrouugh-Whitby or Whitby-Scarborough-Whitby, bar the two Redcar duties which do Middlesbrough-Scarborough-Whitby at the start and end of the day) it gives more flexibility if there's an accident along the route.