SAFETY * Malaysia - Make it safer to use public vehicles
Public transport like express buses are safer options than private vehicles such as cars and motorcycles
(Video from YouTube, by huangwq -28 June 2009: Rapid Penang has allowed a `sneak preview' of its new `accessible buses'-which it has promised for a while... Rapid will buy 200 of this model for Penang, and later another 1000 for Klang Valley...)
Penang,Malaysia -The Star on line, by S.M. MOHAMED IDRIS: President, CAP -February 13, 2011: -- Based on the statistics of Ops Sikap 23, the Transport Ministry claims that public transport like express buses and trains are safer options than private vehicles such as cars and motorcycles... However, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned that not enough has been done to ensure the safety of public vehicles, and objects to the use of double-deckers for long-distance travel... The authorities, including Miros, claim that double-deckers are safe... The Transport Minister has announced that there will be no ban on double-deckers unless there is substantial evidence that the vehicles are unsuitable for such routes... With almost every bus company introducing double-deckers, the authorities have not even come up with a mandatory seatbelt ruling for express buses... Another related issue raised by CAP over the last five years was imitation and poor quality vehicle spare parts that could compromise the safety of vehicles... CAP laments the sad state of safety in our public transport and calls on the authorities to focus on saving lives...
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