stevenedin
Member
Thanks for sharing. I wasn’t having a good at First but when I noticed it I was quite surprised.I have commented on this before and got quite a roasting for it. First are employing bully tactics, hanging back on LC, jamming them in at stops, driving deliberately slow in front of them, hanging back at Traffic lights in the hope of getting the LC bus stuck on a red. The hogging of bus stops in Livingston Centre, Bathgate etc. especially where the Bathgate Partnership Centre is. Using that stop as a changeover and or a timepoint, given the amount of services that use it, is completely bizarre. Having worked for and against First, I can confirm these are just some of the tactics they use to antagonise competitors. I wish them every failure as they deserve all they get. Just hope the drivers at both First and Lothian realise that if an accident occurs as a result of these stupid tactics, the companies will, pardon the pun, throw them under the bus. First are the worst company for these tactics and believe me when I say I have experienced it first hand on several occasions over the last 20+ years in the industry. This is their game, and like I’ve stated, I wish them every failure.
I haven’t had any issues in recent years with First drivers they have always been friendly enough compared to my experience with them years ago and Lothiancountry have been friendly too. The Horsburgh driver was also friendly.
I think that drivers acting like this in any bus company should be disciplined. It is dangerous and doesn’t show any respect for others. I wonder if management would actually care that’s the issue.
Overall though I had an enjoyable trip on all of the routes today.
I don’t think that they are suited to routes other than short routes.Streetlites are not suited to the Falkirk local routes let alone the X38