TOURIST COMPLAINS * Malta - Tales from the buses
Valletta,Malta -Times of Malta, by Brian Simmons (Birchington, UK) -8 March 2008: -- ... I have some questions about the transport system and wonder if anyone can enlighten me... Firstly, I appreciate that the transport system in Malta is, in the main, rather good and quite cheap, especially when compared with the UK... It seems that I should not experience these in Malta, but it seems that no one cares, especially ADT... On a bus journey from Valletta the driver was most pleasant but then lit up a cigarette, made a telephone call and attempted to stop the bus at that stop while still juggling the phone and cigarette... On another, the driver lit up the first cigarette before leaving Valletta. He left this burning in the bus (his window was shut, so the smoke drifted throughout the bus) while he stopped, not for passengers, but to get a cheesecake, which he then ate while dawdling along... On another occasion, the driver took the 27 bus route, as he was engrossed in conversation, yes, with an inspector, and had to double back!... On another journey a young driver was making and receiving a series of text messages after leaving Sliema Strand on a direct bus... Finally, a suggestion. There is much confusion about the cost of direct buses for both locals and tourists. I assume that it would not be practical to prefix the numbers in some way, so why not produce a small notice stating, for example: "Direct Bus minimum fare €1.16 for any distance" that could be fixed to the windscreen?...(Video from YouTube, by wyllieohagan - January 16, 2007: "Malta Bus Brum Brum" jump up and down in your seat, say brum brum and you're off on a bumpy ride. Video made by London based artists Wyllie O Hagan)
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