“I don’t know whether it’s getting any worse or if it’s just that people have had enough now and they’re highlighting it more.'
A bus driver in Dublin has said the abuse he receives has always been “bad” and that he has been even forced to change his route because of it.and James said it became so common he even became acclimatised to it.
“There was this individual that was smoking a joint on the bus and I refused to carry him the next time he tried to get on,” he told“You kind of get immune to it but that day I said, ‘You know what, I’m not taking anymore.’ “I gave a statement to the guards, it dragged on for a while and I think he went to court about four times and it got struck out.”Despite this, James believes that more and more of his colleagues have become willing to speak out on the issue.
“I don’t know whether it’s getting any worse or if it’s just that people have had enough now and they’re highlighting it more,” he said.Fortunately for James, passengers on his current route are well-behaved and he no longer feels his safety is at risk going to work. “I’m on a grand route but you would have your shield up if you were working on [a different] route you’d definitely have your screen up,” he said.The National Bus and Rail Union has previously called for a dedicated transport police on the grounds thatLast year, then-Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Ireland was “some bit off” the establishment of such a force and James said it would help drivers in areas where antisocial behaviour is common.
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