Mr. Stephen Kent:

It is reviewed quite frequently.

We worked last year with the Department, particularly when there was pressure on drivers. Everybody asked if there could be an opportunity to open it up. We worked with the Department, which commissioned a study through the Road Safety Authority by Professor Desmond O'Neill. He pointed to a number of critical issues that might emerge and which were risk factors attached to that. We have discussed that with the board because we have a safety committee and are trying to manage things. Much of what he suggested would be us taking on much increased risk with much higher levels of collision, based on what that study said. On the basis of that, we reviewed that. That study was only in August last year.

Regarding what we are doing to move forward because of demand, a third of vehicles that we operate are small public service vehicles of eight people or fewer, and the study is addressing buses or large vehicles. Buses for us can be anything from 34- to 79-seaters. They could be 14 m coaches, going up the sides of mountains and so on. We are saying that looks like it is a high risk. Unless somebody can produce a different study for us, we will be saying we will probably hold the policy. We are looking at small public service vehicles and asking if there are other risks with eight people or fewer. We are right in the middle of assessing that with an independent study to see if that is something we can do. As I said, we operate nearly 3,000 vehicles every morning. There is an opportunity to maybe move in that direction. It might be a start. For the larger vehicles, we have a study saying to be careful.