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<body> <h1><span style="background-color: #0000FF">INSURANCE QUOTES FOR COACH OPERATORS INCLUDING PRIVATE AND CONTRACT HIRE</span></h1> <p> <a title="coach insurance quotes " href="http://www.milestonehouse.com/index4.html"> <img border="0" src="coach2.jpg" width="160" height="145"></a></p> <p> </p> <h4>Milestone Insurance offer low cost prices for coach insurance and will find competitive quotations.  <a href="http://www.milestonehouse.com/index.html">Online minibus and coach insurance </a></h4> <p>General Information<br> SOME BASIC LEGAL POINTS REGARDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF COACH DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS<br> <br> Here some of the most important elements of the law are summarised to provide guidance for those chartering coaches. <br>  </p> <p><a href="http://www.milestonehouse.co.uk/coach_web/coach_form.asp">Fleet Insurance quotes available </a></p> <p>Drivers Must: <br> Stop as closely as possible to the left or near side when passengers are being picked up or set down. <br> <br> Protect the safety of passengers who are boarding, leaving or are already on board. <br> <br> Make sure that coach and minibus passengers obey conduct regulations <br> <br> Give their employers name and address and details of their licence to the police or any other authorised person. <br>  </p> <p><a href="http://www.milestonehouse.com/index6.html">Minibus and MPV Insurance Specialists</a></p> <p> <br> Not smoke on a vehicle except: <br> <br> in a place on the vehicle where smoking is not banned and the vehicle is not available for carrying passengers <br> OR where a coach is hired as a whole and only if permission is given by the Company<br> AND the hirer of the vehicle. <br> <br> Not use any microphone or any attachment or speak directly to any person when a coach is moving except: <br>  </p> <p><b>single coach </b>and <b>psv drivers</b> insurance quotations</p> <p> <br> in an emergency situation, <br> to deal with safety matters, <br> to speak to a manager or supervisor within the company on operational matters and then only if it can be done without interfering with the driving of the vehicle, <br> to announce the location of the vehicle on a service that runs at separate fares so long as it is not an excursion, tour or a sightseeing service, and then only if it can be done without interfering with the driving of the vehicle. <br> <br> Passengers Must: <br> Board and alight through recognised entrances and exits or as directed by the driver. <br> <br> Not endanger the safety of other people on the vehicle or cause them discomfort. <br> <br> Not trail or throw objects from the vehicle. <br> <br> Not smoke, carry lighted tobacco, light a match or cigarette lighter in any part of the coach where a notice states that smoking is not permitted (this need not apply on a private charter if permission is given by both operator and hirer).<br> <br> Not distribute anything or offer anything for sale without the permission of the operator.<br> <br> Not distract the driver unless to speak in an emergency, to deal with a safety matter or to give directions concerning the stopping of the vehicle.<br> <br> Not distract the driver or obstruct his vision.<br> <br> Not give a signal that can be misinterpreted by the driver as a signal to stop in emergency or a signal to move off . <br> <br> Travel only in a part of the vehicle that is available for carrying passengers.<br> <br> Leave the vehicle if the driver indicates that it is full or where the passenger:<br> <br> Is causing a nuisance, is in an offensive state, is wearing clothing that might soil the vehicle or other passenger's clothing. <br> <br> Not use or play any noisy musical instrument (including radio, tape recorder etc) on the vehicle. <br> <br> Not deliberately interfere with the vehicle's fitted equipment. <br> <br> Generally<br> Aisles and entrances must not be obstructed with personal possessions or baggage. <br> <br> Drivers have to search vehicles for lost property and have a legal duty to keep lost property safely until it can be returned to the owner or handed to the operator for safe keeping pending later reclaim. <br> <br> It is illegal for alcohol to be carried on coaches that are used to carry passengers to or from certain designated sporting events. The company, the hirer of the vehicle, and the driver, are all liable to prosecution if they knowingly cause or permit intoxicating liquor to be carried anywhere on the vehicle. There are also restrictions on timing of journeys and stopping points when travelling to and from football matches. <br> <br> Always check when hiring a coach to go to a sporting event to if any legal restrictions apply - and make sure passengers are aware of them and comply with them.<br>  </p> <p><font size="4"><a href="http://www.milestonehouse.com">Milestone Insurance Consultants Ltd</a></font> - offering a wide choice of online coach insurance schemes - specialists in single coach or fleet coach.</p> </body>