Bus Drivers' Responsibilities
Authorised bus drivers (including tourist bus drivers) must comply with all relevant requirements of the Passenger Transport Regulation 2007. Some of these requirements are:
Bus drivers must not:
- tout or solicit for passengers or for a hiring
- leave the driving seat of the bus without reasonable excuse
- smoke in the bus at any time
- eat or drink in the bus when in service or hired or available for hire
- move the bus while any door is open
- falsely advertise that they are authorised bus drivers
- carry any person on a tourist service bus whom you have reason to believe is not a tourist
Bus drivers must:
- ensure their vehicle is clean and tidy
- be clean and tidy, and be properly attired and wear enclosed shoes
- behave with civility and propriety towards any intending passengers, passengers, other bus drivers and authorised officers
- allow assistance animals or animals in training in their vehicle
- deliver lost property to its owner, your operator or a police station
- hand over driver licence and driver authority card to authorised officer when requested to do so
You will find further details of your responsibilities if you look at the relevant driver authorisation package on the Ministry of Transport's web site www.transport.nsw.gov.au.
