Stagecoach Manchester and Wigan

[Mayneway]

RE: Stagecoach Manchester
Its interesting that this topic has come up.
On Sunday I got into an argument with a Stagecoach Manchester driver.
For most of the journey he drove one handed with one hand either resting on the cab door or even more worryingly with a can of Red Bull in his hand. As I got up and walked to the front of the bus to get off at the next stop he continued to drive with his can of red bull in his hand, he even negotiated a sharp bend and a pedestrian crossing, without the can leaving his hand - and he was doing 20/30mph.
As I got off I asked him politely whether he would have passed his psv test with a can of red bull in his hand - he response was a torrent of abuse.

I've also recently been on a bus where the driver had a teenage admirer stood at the front of bus for much of the journey continually showing the driver photo's on her phone as he was driving!

I'm not saying all drivers are bad, 90% are great but driving standards at Stagecoach seem very poor these days!

As I understand it drivers are not allowed to use their phones in the cab at all at Stagecoach, they must leave the cab to use the phone or read/send a text whether the bus is moving or not!