CalMac is a risky way to travel due to red tape

Calmac ban passengers traveling on the car deck with their vehicle. This was introduced after the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster and with good reason. As a result passengers must congregate together in passenger spaces which despite the best efforts of staff means that passengers are passsing on the virus unknowingly. It is time to change that rule, ignoring EU red tape (and Coast Guard edicts) in the name of everyone’s safety. This could be for a period until the virus is defeated and then brought back in. Moreover, other than residents and key workers no one should be allowed to travel to the islands until the virus is defeated.

Simply on the grounds of public safety. I am originally from the Uist and still maintain a second home which I rent out but I don’t want the rent from tourists at the potential cost of the virus destroying the island communities.