‘Not enough staff to stop bus parties’ - Three still in ITU after double-decker bus crash

Transport Malta is concerned about people drinking and dancing on double-decker buses rented out for street parties – but does not have enough staff to stop it. Transport Malta sources told Times of Malta that the widespread use of double-decker buses for parties and so-called ‘buscades’ were a worrying safety concern. “A lot of what happens during these buscades is illegal: people under the influence of alcohol cramming onto the top floor to dance and listen to music while a bus is moving. You can’t stand on the top floor, you can’t drink on board, and you definitely can’t have a party and dance on board a moving bus,” a source within the transport regulator said. The source was quick to add that operators knew all this, but “as always it all boils down to enforcement resources”. Sightseeing bus operators this newspaper contacted defended buscades as a legitimate use of double-deckers, but admitted that some passengers were “reckless”. READ: Branches and cables make trips 'an obstacle course,' drivers say One operator said that it informed those on board before setting off on a bus party that passengers were not meant to drink and dance on board. “We get a lot of requests, for...