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grandad
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Quite a few Lincolnshire contraxts are not done by licensed vehicles down this end does that limit apply to them as well ?


What vehicles are they done by?


some CC's have a "school contract only" plating option


But Edders says these vehicles are not licenced at all.

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That is correct lincolnshire have always allowed non licensed cars and drivers to tender for and obtain school contracts as long as they have appropriate insurance ( and CRB ) which I forget the name of now but there is a type of insurance you can get to do contract work only

Also volunteer drivers do school contracts in some parts of Lincolnshire also

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That is correct lincolnshire have always allowed non licensed cars and drivers to tender for and obtain school contracts as long as they have appropriate insurance ( and CRB ) which I forget the name of now but there is a type of insurance you can get to do contract work only

Also volunteer drivers do school contracts in some parts of Lincolnshire also


I can understand the "volunteer" bit but the contract exemption that meant that contract work did not need to be licensed was repealed a few years ago now so if your council is still allowing this they are breaking the law.

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how does the volunter driver work out when doing school contracts
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Age limits on taxi and ph vehicles are nothing new, but Lincolnshire County Council have just imposed an upper age limit of ten years on vehicles used on school and social service contracts. Doesn't apply to buses, some of which are older than me.

Operators affected by this ruling are revolting.


Makes me wonder how these school buses still keep getting through their tests with the amount of smoke they belch out.

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taxitone wrote:
how does the volunter driver work out when doing school contracts


they do the run..............

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Midlander wrote:
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Age limits on taxi and ph vehicles are nothing new, but Lincolnshire County Council have just imposed an upper age limit of ten years on vehicles used on school and social service contracts. Doesn't apply to buses, some of which are older than me.

Operators affected by this ruling are revolting.


Makes me wonder how these school buses still keep getting through their tests with the amount of smoke they belch out.


Office I used to work for was across the road from a VOSA testing station for HGV and buses.
The older vehicles used to sit round the corner revving their engines for ages before going in..................

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gusmac wrote:
Midlander wrote:
jimbo wrote:
Age limits on taxi and ph vehicles are nothing new, but Lincolnshire County Council have just imposed an upper age limit of ten years on vehicles used on school and social service contracts. Doesn't apply to buses, some of which are older than me.

Operators affected by this ruling are revolting.


Makes me wonder how these school buses still keep getting through their tests with the amount of smoke they belch out.


Office I used to work for was across the road from a VOSA testing station for HGV and buses.
The older vehicles used to sit round the corner revving their engines for ages before going in..................


2 reasons for that, firstly diesels should be tested with engine oil at working temperature and secondly diesel exhausts are like chimneys, they get coked up, a good blow thru can shift loose carbon deposits that could affect the opacity test

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