A Coach is not a truck
The world of coach travel has been shaken up 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.
During the latest Busworld Show 2011 in Kortrijk this campaign has been relaunched.
We want to realize a so-called “black book” with testimonials of ( bad) experiences drivers/coachoperators had due to this regulation.
The purpose is to hand it over to the politicians responsible for the EU-regulations.
So if you have an interesting testimonial or you know somebody who has one; send it to
We've illustrated these new "regulations" with some reality video's, by clicking the linksbelow you can watch them:
- Busworld reality movie 01
- Busworld reality movie 02
- Busworld reality movie 03
- Busworld reality movie 04
