school transport. state of minibus

welshsue

My youngest gets taken to school by minibus (primary school) and I am concerned about the state of the bus.
It is old (S reg 1998) and has a lot of rust on it. All the doors have rust, the back door has holes where it has rusted through.

This is a privately owned bus but is contracted by the council for school transport.

What are the regs for school transport??? would the council do anything about this???

tanith

Complain to the school and the council , companies that get these contracts should be using roadworthy and safe vehicles but sometimes just put any old thing on school runs get more people to complain and ask the council to come and see it in use as the company may well just show them a perfectly acceptable bus when asked about this..

MX5huggy

A little surface rust does not make the vehicle unroadworthy.

dirtysexymonkey

welshsue wrote: »

My youngest gets taken to school by minibus (primary school) and I am concerned about the state of the bus.
It is old (S reg 1998) and has a lot of rust on it. All the doors have rust, the back door has holes where it has rusted through.

This is a privately owned bus but is contracted by the council for school transport.

What are the regs for school transport??? would the council do anything about this???

if you were that concerned you wouldnt allow your child to get in it.

delain

I wouldn't have classed a hole rusted through the door as 'surface rust' and if my car had a hole rusted through the door I'd be expecting an MOT fail!

welshsue

I have emailed the council and they have passed onto the transport manager to sort out. Hubby got little one off the bus this afternoon and there are actually holes in the wheel arches where they have rusted.

I need to use the school transport as I am disabled and housebound so have limited funds.

Imp

welshsue wrote: »

I need to use the school transport as I am disabled and housebound so have limited funds.

I wouldn't kick up too much of a fuss then, incase they don't have the money to fund a better bus!!!

tanith

I hope they investigate properly welshsue, keep an eye on that bus!

tanith

Imp wrote: »

I wouldn't kick up too much of a fuss then, incase they don't have the money to fund a better bus!!!

What a rediculous thing to say....... the bus company have a duty to provide roadworthy vehicles and as someone else said a vehicle with rust holes in it should fail the MOT!

dark_lady

tanith wrote: »

What a rediculous thing to say....... the bus company have a duty to provide roadworthy vehicles and as someone else said a vehicle with rust holes in it should fail the MOT!

Tanith a lot of people on this forum think that if you are an employer or a public body that you should be able to get away with anything!

ilikewatch

tanith wrote: »

a vehicle with rust holes in it should fail the MOT!

O RLY? - I always thought that rust holes were only a problem if (in the opinion of the MOT tester) they compromised the structural integrity of the vehicle or had sharp, jagged edges that would pose a risk to other road users/pedestrians.