(10 Jan 2022, 5:26 pm)cbma06 wrote At the end of the day the bus driver will have to be accounted for as it’s the driver who’s responsible if anything happens, the supervisor shouldn’t of allowed it, what happens if further up the road and vosa/police stopped the bus for checks, if I was the driver and the supervisor allowed standing upstairs then I wouldn’t of moved the bus, what happens if the bus turns a corner and everyone leans over and the bus tilts over and then injuries etc…, the driver will be accountable, the supervisor might get a small telling off but the driver would be charged if any deaths and sacked.


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Whilst I get your point about the driver having a duty of care and safety obligations, if the supervisor has allowed this to happen, it’s hard for a driver to stand up and say no 1) If it’s his line manager or supervisor, asking a driver to disobey/question an instruction give by their boss, is hard 2) This is presumably in front of customers who are trying to get places, you can imagine “don’t be tight. Let us on” attitude people will. And if someone deemed more senior says yes to something, then passengers will be fuming that it hasn’t happened, however correct the driver may be. 

I agree with all your points about safety and drivers duty, but my biggest worry is that no driver should have been put in the position in the first place.