Buses in Argentine town set to be driven exclusively by women
April 27th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANILondon, Apr 27 (ANI): A town in Argentina, which has apparently grown wary of ‘typical’ male driving, has hired only women to drive its buses.
“With women driving, the bus line is more family oriented, more friendly,” the Telegraph quoted Rafaela Nuyl, 34, one of 28 newly hired drivers for the new bus service in Vicente Lopez, as saying.
The bus line in the town of 270,000, which has been operating since the beginning of the month, makes frequent stops at local primary schools, elder day care centres and a maternity hospital, said officials in Vicente Lopez.
They underscored the importance that drivers need to use kid-glove care when chauffeuring sometimes frail or very young passengers around the town.
“As a bus line that transports children and elderly people, we wanted to have drivers who drive in a gentle manner,” said Luis Fusco, the town’s top transportation official.
Officials in Vicente Lopez said there is no fare to ride the bus, which was conceived as “a public service” for residents. (ANI)
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