Scottish parents want better buses
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• Nearly half of Scotland's parents are unhappy with school bus services, according to a report issued this week by the Scottish Consumer Council.
The law allowing three children under 14 to share a double seat should be scrapped and contracts with private bus companies should take parents' views into account, says SCC chairman Barbara Kelly.
Apart from overcrowding, parents also complained about lack of supervision, unreliable services and unsafe driving.
The report calls for a universal code of good practice to be drawn-up by education authorities and transport operators, plus the creation of a simple complaints procedure for parents. It also criticises the legal loophole which allows buses owned by the education authority to ignore the PSV laws.