Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

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RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

(28/04/2015 12:46)Shaun821 Wrote:  One of the main reasons why the majority of Liverpool went to single deck operation was down to driver safety. Too many drivers were getting attacked at terminus' by thugs hiding upstairs and waiting for the drivers to get out their cab then rob ther takings. This was late 90s early 2000s. The introduction of CCTV on buses seems to of detered most people nowadays.

Driving a bus has never been easy and, yes, there has always been a hooligan element intent on making life even more difficult but I really would like to see some evidence to support your assertion. The only example of a driver being threatened and robbed at knife-point I can recall being reported in the local media occurred on a CMT single-decker in broad daylight which ended tragically for the poor driver.