CONTROLS * New Zealand - Police alarmed by bus standards

Kaikoura,North Canterbury,New Zeland -New Zealand Police -10 November 2008: -- Police are warning that some bus operators are operating poorly maintained and dangerous vehicles.... An operation to monitor the standard of buses travelling to the Kaikoura Trotting Cup on 3 November revealed mechanical faults in more than a third of the vehicles inspected...

Of the 37 buses inspected, six had major faults that stopped them from travelling further, seven had minor faults that will need repair, and another two buses exceeded the maximum weight they were allowed to carry...