Schoolboy bus driver.

[G-CPTN]

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12...99_636x332.jpg

From (and more at):- http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/883582-...ool-on-the-bus

[coastie]

Nice one! Good for him.

[Mr-Tomcat]

Didn't say that too me when I passed at 18!!!!

[coastie]

Aye, but he hasn't hit as many things as you have!!

[Mr-Tomcat]

Not yet, I even wrote off a Leyland National, um and a milk float.

[Fazer9553]

"£20 a day"..... good rates

[G-CPTN]

Minimum wage for the hours worked, no doubt?

[Bobjork]

18? In sweden you have to be 21 to get a bus license...

[G-CPTN]

Good point!

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...ons/DG_4022619

If you want a licence to drive a minibus,and you currently hold a valid full driving licence you will need to apply to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) for a provisional entitlement to drive a PCV.
There are also requirements ie. being of good character and over 21 years of age.

From:- http://www.structured.co.uk/minibus/...v-minibus.html

Minibuses, with or without trailers

Category:- D1
Description:- Vehicles with a minimum of nine and a maximum of 16 passenger seats, with or without a trailer - weighing no more than 750 kg
Minimum age:- 21*, **, ***

Category:- D1+E
Description:- As category D1 but with a trailer over 750 kg. The total weight of the vehicle and the trailer together can’t weigh more than 12,000 kg. The weight of the trailer, when fully loaded, can’t weigh more than the unladen weight of the vehicle
Minimum age:- 21*, **, ***

Buses, with or without trailers

Category:- D
Description:- Any bus with more than eight passenger seats, with a trailer up to 750 kg
Minimum age:- 21*, **, ***

Category:- D+E
Description:- As category D but with a trailer over 750 kg
Minimum age:- 21*, **, ***

*Age 17 if you are a member of the armed services.

** You can drive these vehicles at age 18 if one of the following apply:
1) You are learning to drive or taking a PCV test or Driver CPC initial qualification
2) Having passed a PCV driving test and Driver CPC initial qualification, you can drive under any of the following conditions:
driving on a regular service where the route doesn’t exceed 50 km
not engaged in the carriage of passengers
driving a vehicle of a class included in sub-category D1
3) Having passed a PCV test before 10 September 2008 and driving under a bus operator's licence, or minibus permit, or community bus permit and any of the following conditions:
driving on a regular service where the route doesn't exceed 50 km
not engaged in the carriage of passengers
driving a vehicle of a class included in sub-category D1

***Age 20 after passing a PCV driving test and Driver CPC initial qualification.

From:- http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...ons/DG_4022547

[Bobjork]

But why can he drive it then, I mean, he's not allowed to have passengers? Or did he take a PCV test in 2008?

In sweden we don't have D1 and D1E. Yet.
But there are plans to lower the age to 18.