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Troublemakers to be Banned 5 December 2003 Public transport bosses at the Department of Tourism and Leisure have issued a
warning that bad behaviour by passengers on buses will
not be tolerated.
Drivers operating journeys carrying schoolchildren have occasionally been forced
to seek assistance from supervisors at Banks Circus Headquarters to persuade
passengers to calm down, resulting in some children returning home later than
expected.
Tourism Minister David Cretney, whose Department is responsible for public
transport, said:
"I have received a significant number of complaints from parents whose
innocent children have been caught up in this. It seems a minority of badly
behaved young people are causing a disturbance on the buses after school. The purpose of this announcement is to
warn those responsible that their behaviour is unacceptable and will not be
tolerated. We will be monitoring and investigating the routes affected and when
the culprits are identified they will be banned from using the buses for a period.
"I hope to work with the Department of Education to
encourage an improvement in the attitude of young passengers towards each other
on their bus journey. We carry over 3,000 state school pupils to and from school
each day and a minority are causing us these problems."
Education Minister Steve Rodan commented:
"I support the actions proposed by Mr Cretney to tackle the problems caused
by this minority of young people. It is important that standards are maintained
and that these children learn the consequences of their behaviour." More stories >>>
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