MOT Cards

Every driver has a MOT Card. MOT stands for Ministry of Transport . The card has a photo of the driver and a serial number. It proves the driver has the authority to drive a public transport vehicle. Taxi drivers have them, too.

Drivers are required by law to put their MOT cards in a holder located at the front of the bus above the front windscreen. This is in view of the traveling public.

Sometimes drivers forget to put the card up (as I have) and sometime they forget to take it down when they leave the bus (as I have). The other day, I forgot to put mine up and, by coincidence, the previous driver had not taken his down. The previous driver has a large black beard and a turban. I have neither. No one noticed.