Trips range from one and a half to four hours, depending on the operators' tour options.
Harvesting operation with agricultural combines imposes excessive physical loads on the operators and the poorly designed seats may be an important contributory factor in this regard.
(Be cheerful and helpful, he instructed -- and checked up on the operators by dialing in anonymously).
It is easy, of course, when considering these problems to pin the blame on the operators.
The total fines imposed on the operators amounted to 1.17 billion Nigerian naira, or an average of about $2 million per operator.
They also worry that with Club Nokia, its loyalty programme, Nokia is encroaching on the operators' own turf, just as Microsoft was wont to do.
"I understand the frustration of rail passengers forced to stand on busy services and that is why I am calling on the operators to do more".
Government officials in Spain have announced a safety review with preliminary measures, including banning the use of cellphones by drivers, and they are discussing a proposal for a system of video cameras trained on the operators.
