Bus driver 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.

Further details about driver responsibilities are available in the driver authorisation package.