‘I was so fatigued driving a bus it became dangerous – and someone was injured’

Bus drivers and the union have raised the alarm on fatigue, which is rampant in the industry (Picture: w8media)

Bus drivers have revealed the ‘dangerous’ fatigue epidemic behind the wheel in London due to gruelling shift patterns and pressure.

The drivers told Metro the current system is a ‘ticking time bomb’, claiming that they are usually placed on seven-day-a-week shift patterns when they start, leaving them extremely tired.

They added it’s so normalised they usually end up working 10-hour shifts, seven days in a row.

Legally, bus drivers who work between six and nine hours per day must have a 30-minute break, while those who work n...