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New bus dodge
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EUROPEAN Economic Community officials are baffled by the way British bus operators are "dodging" restrictions on drivers' hours.
Several operators throughout the country have been dividing long routes into sections of under 50km in order to keep them out of the scope of EEC social regulation 543/69 which will restrict the driving day — at present nine and a half hours to eight hours from 1981.
Buses continue to operate along the full length of the original route, but the licences are split into connecting sec tions of under 50km.
An EEC spokesman told CM this week that the matter was "not viewed with great favour" in European circles, but that it could not take any action before a definite decision is reached on whether or not the British move is illegal.
EEC legal officials are discussing the matter at present.
A Department of Transport official said this week that it had given no advice to any of the traffic areas, but that it was leaving the matter to operators.
Typical of the applications being processed by local traffic commissioners is one before the Scottish Traffic Area which calls for the subdivision of the EdinburghCarlisle service of Eastern Scottish.
The company has submitted proposals for new licences between Edinburgh and Stow, Stow and Hawick, Hawick and Langholm, and Langholm and Carlisle.
Many National Bus subsidiaries have also had services split, and it is understood that some of the longer limited stop services are due to be given similar treatment.