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RE: Go Goodwins

(09/04/2021 11:55)Quackdave Wrote:  They should scrap such policies altogether, there's no justification for mandating the replacement of a perfectly roadworthy bus that complies with all relevant accessibility and emissions rules, and then effectively passing the bill to the taxpayer. Age is a very weak proxy for quality or condition.

But even by the standards of age limit policies, this one seems more ridiculous than most — specifying a fixed point within a calendar year would imply that if two buses were registered just one day apart, then one of them might have to be withdrawn a full year earlier than the other.

In the main cities and towns there should be a policy to remove older less green vehicles from the roads. Not that age alone determines how environmentally friendly a bus is.

Given an August date is mentioned I suspect vehicles used on school services are one of the main reasons for the 15 year age requirement, as that wouldn't mean an operator would find their vehicle is non-compliant part way through an academic year. In the 1990s it was commonplace for coach hire companies to get a small number of 1970s Leyland deckers, which had little value and then to use them solely on school contracts.