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From today's Standard:
---quote--- Tom Harper, Investigations Reporter 13 Jan 2011 The Government is to investigate one of London's biggest bus companies after it described one of its safety inspections as a “disaster”. Documents leaked to the Standard suggest vehicle checks were not properly carried out and that drivers failed to report problems which could threaten passenger safety. Minutes from a senior management meeting at Metroline, which runs more than 1,000 buses in the capital, disclosed that 25 per cent of vehicles inspected had a “serious defect” and were unfit to be on the road. The company said the note referred to an inspection of four vehicles and only one had a problem. [...continues...] ---/quote--- The rest of the piece can be read he http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23913717-.do The story seems a little confused, particularly w.r.t. how many actual buses this internal report referred to - Metroline being keen to say that the minutes are "being completely taken out of context”. It does seem a bit odd to refer to one out of four vehicles as 25% of an inspection, but that said odd terminology being used in 'management speak' is hardly that unusual. (Anyhow, talking of terminology - 'management speak'... I'm sounding like a tabloid sub!) |
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