A BUS driver has called on Wilts and Dorset to stop running services to parts of Poole in the evenings, saying that he and his colleagues dread driving the routes.

It follows fears in yesterday’s Daily Echo from Sue Sanderson, wife of a driver of 17 years, who said she worried her husband would one day not come home from work after a series of horrific attacks, the latest of which happened in Turlin Moor on Saturday night.

Now, a driver who has worked for the company for six years says it must stop running evening buses to Turlin Moor and Arne Avenue, Parkstone.

The man, who asked not to be named because drivers are not allowed to talk to the press, said: “Through Turlin Moor you have to slow down because of the speed bumps and at Arne Avenue you’ve got the chicane.

“The kids just wait for you at the end of the road. I have had it happen twice where they’ve started chucking bricks at the bus.”

A former coach driver from Hamworthy has also added his voice to the furore.

Roger Shaw, 69, retired from Sea View Coaches four years ago. He said he once had a bright light shone in his eyes by yobs and added: “When I worked for Sea View we did a school run to Turlin Moor and a lot of our coaches were attacked and we refused to go up there.”

Chris Harris, PR manager at Wilts and Dorset, said: “For reasons of customer and staff safety we do not discuss security arrangements.

“Incidents such as took place last Saturday are very rare, but would always be referred for police investigation with aim that the culprits are prosecuted.

“It is our mission to provide a safe, reliable and friendly bus service for our customers, and we should not be deflected from this by the actions of a mindless minority.”