Minibus hire

Guv · 1 Apr 2009 at 13:53

Can anyone recommend where to hire a minibus from? It's needed for 2 days and about 12 seats will be enough. Just the minibus, driver isn't needed.

Or do you know roughly what we should expect to pay?

Thanks

Skeeter · 1 Apr 2009 at 13:55

Try to find a local guy who has one, not a big firm. There is a minibus local to us that is funded by some 3 villages church organisation thing, but its less than half the price to hire than one from a big hire firm.

[TW]Fox · 1 Apr 2009 at 16:08

Also you'll need to take a seperate test to gain entitlement to drive a 12 seater Minibus.

misterPK · 1 Apr 2009 at 16:30

[TW]Fox;13799695 said:
Also you'll need to take a seperate test to gain entitlement to drive a 12 seater Minibus.

Apart from the following exemptions:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/WhatCanYouDriveAndYourObligations/DG_4022619

I seem to remember there's a DVLA leaflet somewhere online that is a bit clearer than that webpage.

PK!

Subterranean · 1 Apr 2009 at 17:03

Yeah, you won't need seperate test so long as the driver isnt getting paid amongst other things.

mjt · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:00

lots of lies.

mattyprice4004 · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:09

mjt said:
Exempted passenger carrying vehicles

well it's a hired van, so he won't be allowed to drive it.

Think that means if he's hired with the bus, not if he hires it

mjt · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:11

possibly

monkey_boy · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:16

The "not for hire" bit means that the passengers can't pay the driver. Ie, it can't be used as a taxi or similar, unless the driver has cat D1 on his licence. Apart from this, anyone over 21 with two years Cat B experience can drive a minibus provided they're not getting paid for it.

-EDIT- Plus, the bit you've highlighted is talking about PCVs manufactured over 30 years ago.

[TW]Fox · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:18

mjt said:
possibly

No, definately. 'Not for hire or reward' = people cannot hire him to drive them and pay him.

mjt · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:23

april fools?

whatever, that site is badly worded and i'm blind

Skeeter · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:25

Regardless of hire or not, dont you need to do a seperate test to be able to even drive a minibus? There no minibus class on my licence (22) and my parents have older licenses that allow them but they still had to do some training test thingy, although it was to do with Brownies and taking kids and things..

[TW]Fox · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:25

mjt said:
whatever, that site is badly worded and i'm blind

No, 'For hire or reward' is a specific legal term. It is not ambiguous.

monkey_boy · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:31

Skeeter said:
Regardless of hire or not, dont you need to do a seperate test to be able to even drive a minibus?

No. Read the thread and you'll see we're talking about the exception to needing cat D1.

aproctor · 1 Apr 2009 at 18:34

[TW]Fox;13800628 said:
No, 'For hire or reward' is a specific legal term. It is not ambiguous.

It's one of the the few legal terms thats not.