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The Met Police and VOSA do not board buses or coaches when they have passengers on board as it inconviencies the companies and the passengers.
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so I can drive a dodgy bus/coach round london so long as I keep some passengers on board? Surely you can see the issue there?
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When we stop HGV's we do it as fast as reasonably possible and in some cases just issue a "producer" so it can be sorted in the next 7 days.
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I am sure you do, and I am sure the MCA are aiming to process boats as quickly as possible too so they can go check the next one. So this doesn't inconvenience the LGV driver/operator or the customer waiting for the delivery, like it might if it was a bus or coach
. Of course is someone gets arsey I am sure that either the met or the MCA will not be quite so cooperative at getting you "on your way".
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Why oh why do the MCA not implement such a system??
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well for a start there are much more effective ways of tracking the operator, vehicle or driver of an LGV/PCV than the skipper/owner of a random rib in the solent.
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If they are heavy handed and concentrate on events like Cowes, all they will do is lose the support of industry. Its just an easy hit for them.
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presumably there are finding some irregularities if they do this year after year - otherwise the MCA management would be asking if they were just on a jolly.
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Perhaps if the MCA put more effort into catching the 100% illegal operations, outside of cowes week then they are more likely to get more high risk operations off the water??
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so those guys don't work in cowes week, when the price and demand for boats is highest?