BUSMAKERS NEWS * China
* Beijing - In the Spotlight, Bus Manufacturers Focus on Safety
Beijing,China -CRI English, by Seth Coleman -23 May 2012: ... Bus companies gathered for the Beijing International Exhibition on Buses, Trucks, and Components which took place from May 16th to 18th. Safety features were a hot topic at the exhibition this year, after several fatal bus accidents focused public attention on the issue. A long-haul bus fire in Henan province killed 41 people in July last year, and a school bus crash in Gansu last November killed 19 preschoolers and 2 adults. The central government has responded by issuing new regulations for bus design and operation... School buses have come under particular scrutiny after public outrage at recent accidents. Government regulations which took effect in April this year are forcing manufacturers to produce a new generation of buses for China's schoolchildren... While it's encouraging to see so much attention being lavished on safety features, the success of the new push for safety relies heavily on local authorities strictly enforcing the new regulations...
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