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Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive have had to suspend ten bus services because they are short of 450 drivers and they are not risking having to put another bus off the road because a driver is too fat to get into the cab.
A 6ft 171/2-stone former Central SMT driver has been rejected by the PTE because he is regarded as overweight and he cannot quickly lose 31/2 stone to cut himself down to an acceptable size. The PTE doctor thought that, starting with such a disadvantage and with the tendency for bus drivers to put on weight, the man "vyould probably not be able to get in and out of the cab."
For conductors, height rather than weight is the problem. A limit of 5ft 10in has been imposed because taller conductors might brain themselves on the upper-deck roof. Glasgow obviously needs bigger buses.