A Coach is not a truck
The world of coach travel has been shaken up recently by the new Driving and Resting Time Regulations, issued as Regulation EG 561/2006 on 15 March 2006 by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers.
This regulation abolished the exceptions that were common for coaches, placing the coach travel industry on a parwith the road haulage industry in terms of permitted driving hours. Whilst there are essential differences thatdistinguish the transport of people and the transport of goods. The new regulations have made it almost impossibleto indulge in relaxed and smooth-paced sightseeing tourism in which passengers alight at frequent intervals, havelunch in a restaurant around midday and enjoy their hotel in the evening.
We've illustrated these new "regulations" with some reality video's, by clicking the linksbelow you can watch them:
