(21 Aug 2015, 3:26 pm)Dan wrote Volvo B10BLE 5166 arrived at Benton ASDA 18 minutes late (14:30), so was regulated and dropped back into service later into the route (now on-time again). It's quite possible that this delay meant that, if the driver was to continue in service, s/he would have exceeded his legal driving hours limit, meaning that regulation was the only option in this instance..?
The following bus (5151) actually departed North Shields towards Cramlington on-time, but the roadworks paired with the increased number of passengers due to the previous service being regulated resulted in the return journey from Cramlington to Whitley Bay being delayed.
Cheers for the info, the bus still should have really operated though, as it could have departed Benton Asda only 15 minutes late, then made up it's time like the delayed 15:02 but did (was 17 minutes late, but as you mentioned got down to 12 minutes late). But I guess the drivers driving limits are more important if that was the case. There were some very unhappy people on that bus though, complaining about the 17, and also saying apparently the 17 will drop to hourly in October they were saying but I highly doubt that?