Buses have also been cut back recently, so that even long-distance journeys are made on normal suburban buses without toilets. This problem is even more pronounced in the event of traffic jams, such as the recent snowstorms.
 
For example, buses on the Ljubljana-Koper route can take up to 2.5 hours. Some of them have a stop in Postojna for a few minutes after about 45 minutes of driving, but due to the constant delays there is (in most cases) no stop. For 2.5 hours, passengers do not have the opportunity to go to the toilet without risking that the bus will move on without them and their luggage. From experience, drivers almost by default have no mercy. The argument: 'We are late'. I mean, if we are 20 minutes late, we might as well be 22.
 
Upgraded example: the bus was 5 hours on the Ljubljana-Koper route because of the difficult road conditions. After 3 hours of driving, the driver had to be very persistently persuaded to stop so that the passengers could go to the toilet. (I don't know what the drivers are drinking that they cannot understand this basic need.)
And this happened on a replacement SŽ bus, which also offers a toilet on every train as part of its offer. There are toilets on the trains, even if it is a suburban route with a 20-minute journey.
 
I think that the right to a toilet is one of the most basic needs and there is not a person who cannot understand it. Especially at such a deserving price.
 
I therefore propose that compulsory stops for public passenger transport vehicles that are not equipped with a toilet be added to the relevant law or regulation, and then that there be consistent sanctions if it is found that operators do not comply with this.