Driver Training
Lothian maintains a driver training school with an associatied training fleet, made up of vehicles withdrawn or taken from the main fleet. The fleet wears an allover yellow livery with driver training signage and 'Drive a bus with us' logos. Destination boxes are usually blanked out on these vehicles.
Driver training vehicles have historically been drawn from withdrawn vehicles from the main fleet. While Olympian double deckers have been the recent mainstay of the fleet, recently there has been a move to the Super Pointer Dart single deckers. This is due to a recent legislation change requiring vehicles used for a PCV test to be fitted with ABS. In 2011 a Dennis Trident double decker from the main fleet underwent conversion in to a mobile classroom/training vehicle. This also introduced a revised driver training livery.
A small number of route markers exist to assist drivers at confusing points of the network, or when diversions are in place. Type training may occur when a new type of vehicle enters the fleet.
Lothian policy dictates drivers are liable for any fines incurred for driving offences successfully prosecuted, and the company employs a driving standards officer who can monitor bus speeds with a speed gun. The driving Standards officer is only allowed to monitor speeds on company premises, after being told by Lothian and Borders Police to cease using the gun in public.
In March 2010, Lothian opened the first three VOSA Authorised Testing Facilities (ATF) in Scotland, at Marine, Central and Longstone garages.
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