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Scottish drivers face a smokin ban
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NEW LAWS in Scotland which ban smoking in the workplace will throw up a raft of potential problems for transport firms, according to one large operator.
From March, drivers in Scotland will be banned from smoking behind the wheel. However, drivers working in England will be allowed to carry on lighting up until at least the end of next year.
David Sheppard, deputy head of transport for retailer John I.ewis,says this could create potential problems for the company.
"It sounds daft, but it's one of those silly little things that might come back and bite us," he explains.
Some companies are going to have problems with this. Especially if you have a heavy smoker who lights up every half hour and indi. vidual drivers then say 'I don' want to drive this vehicle because someone has been smoking in it":.
Sheppard says he is now finding out how many of his Scottish driv ers smoke; he will then be asking his branch staff how they plan tc cope with the ban.
CurrentlyJohn Lewis's smokins policy prohibits in-cab smoking when drivers are double-manning if one of them objects.
FTA spokesman Geof Dossetter predicts that the bigges problem with the new smokin; ban will be enforcement.
"How are you possibly going ti enforce such a regulation against driver?" he asks. "Any law that i unenforceable seems to me to b something of a bother."