Re: D1 - Minibuses

On 18 Apr, 13:26, wensleyd...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:05:43 -0700 (PDT), "Chris.5th"

<ch...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
you can drive any bus if your organisation has a section 19 permit,
you are voluntary and the laden weight is under 3.5 tonnes.  i can
drive our bus if full of beavers but not if full of explorers.

Careful - you're almost right but this could trip you up.

You can drive a bus under those conditions if the *plated gross
vehicle weight* is under 3.5 tonnes (or 4.25 tonnes if there is a
proper wheelchair lift fitted).  Thus, you can either always (under
those conditions) drive a specific bus or never.

You need to check the works plate of your bus and find out the GVW.
If it's 3500 but ends up over that when full of Explorers, it's
illegally overloaded and *nobody* can drive it like that.  If it's
4500, which is more common for 17-seaters, particularly the ubiquitous
LDVs, you cannot drive it *at all*, even empty.

Neil

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Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

long conversations with the govt departments recently... (need to get
this in writing)

they told me it is kerb weight plus load... so it would be a matter of
going to a weighbridge to check.
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