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Traffic Strain Hits Drivers, Says Cousins
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NCREASINGLY congested traffic con
ditions were intensifying the strain on bus drivers, so that men could not be expected to display their best form day in day out, week after week. said Mr. Frank Cousins, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, in Manchester last week. He felt that drivers' hours were too long, but some authorities were already reducing them and it was to be hoped that this policy would be extended.
The occasion was a dinner at which safety awards were being presented to Manchester Transport Department bus drivers. Mr. Cousins said his words should not be regarded as an attempt to pave the way for any call for wage increases, With the number of incompetent drivers on the road, a full year's freedom from accidents was nothing short of remarkable.
Mr. A. F. Neal, general manager of the undertaking, said that as a general rule about a third of his drivers worked for five years without blameworthy accidents. Over £800 was distributed in the form of £5 prizes to drivers who had been accident free during the past five years. Winners of the inter-garage safety competition were Parrs Wood.
New Inspectors
L'D1NBURGH Transport Depart
ment have appointed a considerable number of new inspectors, who have been allocated to various duties throughout the department, and the system has to a great extent been reorganized. Running times of buses have been tightened up and fewer complaints are being received.
The new inspectors are all men who have had at least 10 years' service with the department and before being selected were put through a series of exams.
Conductors Strike
CONDUCTORS of the Central S.M.T. Co. services in Lanarkshire objected last week to the arrangement for the sale of 10-journey tickets on the buses on Mondays and Tuesdays of each week, claiming that this is work which should be done by agents, and not on buses.
Services to many parts of Lanarkshire were paralysed as a result of the sudden strike action and for two days passenger services were disrupted. The conductors later agreed, on the advice of their union, to make an experimental period of selling to determine the justification for their claim that the work is excessive.
UNDER ONE ROOF
E first step in a long-term policy for
the centralization of transport depots, which it is estimated will mean an eventual saving of some £10,000 a year, has been taken by Blackpool Transport Committee. They have approved a structural alteration at the central depot in Rigby Road providing for a new extra floor to cover half the present area with ramps.