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“Before you would travel to the garage, but now they want bus drivers to go to the exact point where they are picking up the bus from, so you might have to travel all the way to the other side of the city to get your bus. You won’t be able to be there for your kids, and you won’t be getting paid enough to pay for childcare,” he continues.īus drivers may have to travel long distances to their pick-up point (Image: Callum Marius) You could be doing shifts up to 16 hours long. “If you’re a family man, forget about spending time with your kids. “If you want to be a bus driver, you shouldn’t care about your social life, because you won’t have one,” he says. He says although the private operators contracted by TfL to run London’s bus routes work within the legal requirements they are subjected to, bus drivers are often made to work inhumane hours with little consideration towards their personal circumstances. Every company was doing this, including my own”.īut Mike’s health and safety concerns as a bus driver pre-exist the pandemic. “They were disciplined for that by their companies, because that wasn’t company policy. He said: “During the pandemic, the necessary PPE weren’t provided to the bus drivers, so some bus drivers took certain steps on their own initiative to protect themselves, like putting cling film on their doors and tape around the front seats. Our journalists cover all the news you need - from City Hall to your local streets, so you'll never miss a moment.ĭon't skip a beat and sign up to The 12 newsletter here. The MyLondon team tells London stories for Londoners. You'll get 12 stories straight to your inbox at around 12pm. MyLondon's brilliant newsletter The 12 is absolutely jam packed with all the latest to keep you keep you entertained, informed and uplifted. Do you want to stay up to date with the latest news, views, features and opinion from across the city?
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