Free Bus Services
If you’re going to get involved with running free bus services you
really do need to read this excellent booklet produced by the National Association of Road Transport Museums
which was drawn to my attention by Peter Osborn. It is a mine of up to date
information on the requirements for insurance, driver’s licences, drivers’
hours, MOT certificates, conductors and attendants, training, definitions of
hire and reward, risk assessment as well as a vehicle inspection check list.
The guidance notice is written in a sensible, authoritative and no-nonsense
style with details of all the documents used to compile it.
If anything went wrong on a free bus service I would feel much happier
if I had documentary evidence that I’d followed this detailed guidance note.
Anyone who hadn’t followed the guidance would have difficulty proving to a
subsequent enquiry that they had exercised due diligence.
The guidance note is available for £2 (plus A5 SAE) from NARTM,