OLD BUSES * Thailand - Transport flags tough new bus controls
Private buses face tough new controls from the Transport Ministry in an attempt to do away with the decades-old vehicles rattling about Bangkok's streets
Bangkok,Thailand -The Bangkok Post, by AMORNRAT MAHITTHIROOK -17 Feb 2009: -- ... Deputy Transport Minister Prajak Klaewklaharn said passengers should be able to feel safe in buses which are in good condition... Mr Prajak is about to appoint a team to look into a safe limit on the age of private green mini-buses and larger white-blue buses run under concessions from the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority... Past attempts to set age limits on buses have drawn protests from their operators... Land Transport Department chief Chairat Sa-nguansue said the operators usually recover their investment after their buses have been in service for five to seven years. Mr Chairat said any age limit should not put them at a disadvantage... The release of a Land Transport Department survey which shows only one-third of the 3,154 private buses serving Bangkok are of an appropriate age... More than half are at least 10 years old, with the oldest 54 years old... The BMTA, which awards concessions to private bus companies, has said it had no power to ban buses which pass an annual inspection...
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