(08 Jun 2014, 4:28 pm)aureolin wrote I find it extremely concerning that Arriva would send a vehicle elsewhere, which has been refused by another depot, because of the mechanical state of the vehicle. I think the HSE would be just as concerned.


You'd argue that knowledge should be in head office.

I don't think it's as simple as that - I have known transport depots where the drivers have had the final say as to whether a vehicle was acceptable.

You might think that was unhealthy, but drivers have standards - and if those are allowed to slip then who knows what rubbish would be fended off onto the depot?

One transport manager said that his drivers would break the interior door handle resulting in an unsafe exit possibility if the vehicle didn't match up to their standards elsewhere.