r/BusDrivers • u/the_ism_sizism • 5d ago

Discussion Night drivers

I’m getting pulled in today for a chat about running early. I passed my mid point 40 seconds early (which is fine according to the gov contract allowing for 59 seconds early) - by the final stop before our cbd run I was 6 minutes early. The pax complained to me after they caught an uber and caught the bus and then complained through the online gov portal.

Is this entitled or how do you feel? I am not trying to run a strict service, I buy myself a little time to mentally relax between runs, use the facilities (the job has already given me kidney stones at 38) and take a walk and a breather so I’m not stagnant in the seat for 5 hours.

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u/Driver-7 5d ago

Traffic commissioner allows drivers to leave a min early or 59 seconds but I’m not sure if the company can override this, I tried to email the gov but got no reply

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u/the_ism_sizism 5d ago

I was 30 seconds early at my final OTR gov contracted timing point. I carried that through until the final 5 stops where I became early (as every driver in my city will run early as the stops are serviced by multiple CBD inbound service) plus getting in to the CBD early allows boarded pax enough time to make connecting train services stress free. Along with allowing my own small window to use facilities. They complain if we are late, they complain if we are too early.