(01 Jul 2020, 8:52 pm)James101 wrote Just in time for social distancing to be reduced to 1M. Don't think I've ever been compelled to get within 1M of anyone at a bus stop of any type. What a waste of time.
Meanwhile First Potteries have gone full bore on the mask front:
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/sto...er-4277612
Even before all this, I always went out of my way to make sure I was as far away from other people as physically possible!
The thing is, if the operators are saying that they are not going to be enforcing the rules, then what incentive do passengers have to follow them.
As I've said before, it is the LAW to wear a face covering on public transport, if you're not exempt from wearing one, then you shouldn't be allowed on board without one!
Drivers might not want to enforce it, but they'd have no issue asking someone to get off if they can't pay, so why is wearing a face covering any different?
I get that it's a pretty hard thing to enforce without proof of exemption, but drivers should at least try and make an effort, as I said, yesterday I got 4 buses and not once was I asked why I wasn't wearing one. When they first started requiring it, I used several buses without a mask and it wasn't questioned then either.
If this is going to go on for the foreseeable, then maybe they need to look into some sort of scheme like the blue badge for parking