I am wondering who I should address a complaint re the speed at which Bus Eireann drivers drive to.
Daily I meet drivers driving at speeds far in excess of the legal speed limit.
I have complained one particular bus driver to the Inspector at Limerick Bus Depot to be told by the Inspector to F-off and got no satisfaction.
I made an official complaint at the Garda Station which despite enquiring a number of times afterwards I never got any satisfaction from.
Yesterday evening the bus from Cork to Limerick was travelling on the over taking lane of the dual carriageway at a speed in excess of 120KMP.
I have never seen a bus driver puller over for speeding, not saying it has never happened but they seem to get away with driving at these speeds all the time.
Letters of complaint to Bus Eireann seem to fall on deaf ears....is there any other means of redress?
So a double decker buses that go over 120 Kmph on the M50 is safe?!There is nothing particularly dangerous about driving about travelling at 120kph or a little higher on a dual carriageway or motorway
What about the late night Mini-Buses driver that drinks bottles of beer while he is driving. This is in a country area where he is taking passengers home from the local disco. Also allows passengers smoke on the bus. A girl complained to the driver one night about the smoking and he told her if she didnt like it she could get off the bus - as this is the only taxi in this area she didnt have much choose but to stay on the bus.
This bus is allways waved on through any Garda checks that are on the road home.
As I said above there is nothing particularly dangerous about exceeding the speed limit on a motorway or dual carraigeway - within reason of course.
Maybe thats the answer - Bus Eireann has started to fly their buses instead of driving them.My fiance made a complaint to Bus Eireann about the driver of the Dublin-Donegal bus flying over the narrow Cavan/Fermanagh roads talking on his mobile phone at the same time. He was happy that the complaint seemed to have been taken very seriously.
Note that exceeding the speed limit while overtaking may not necessarily be an offense.
If the Gardai aren't taking reports seriously, I've had good results using the TrafficWatch line (1890-205805) in the past. Your complaint gets logged immediately by the telephone operator before being passed to the local station, so I get the feeling it is a bit harder for the local Guard to ignore the complaint - he/she has to account for addressing the complaint.
Hi Ann - Surely, it wasn't any surprise that you'd have to go to court? How else would you expect your complaint to be heard in court? If you really are concerned about the driver in question, isn't it worth the 1/2 day off work to go to court?I tried that once about some dangerous driving and the Garda asked me I wanted to press charges. Basically he wouldn't address it unless I wanted to go to court or something.
If you really are concerned about the driver in question, isn't it worth the 1/2 day off work to go to court?
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