Monday, August 27, 2007

express buses woes

The express bus companies expressed the lack of bus drivers owing to the on-going operations mounted by the JPJ, police and other relevant agencies to weed out drug induced bus drivers, no licence bus drivers or suspended bus drivers and poor conditions of the buses like tyres, brakes, window panels etc. The CEOs of these companies should have checked its fleets daily and conduct monthly internal inspections on the road worthiness of these buses. They should also conduct courses on public relations for the drivers and how to check the basic operations of the buses they drive on the roads. Better still these drivers should be sent for short courses say a day to teach them the finer points of driving and obeying the traffic rules. I had on many occasions travelling on the highway where the express buses could over-take my car when I was cruising around 110 kph. Now these companies CEOs are crying foul that the buses would not have drivers to man it when 'balik kampong' rushes are on for the Raya celebrations. Just like the taxi drivers in Penang who cried the same story that they couldnt cari makan because of the raids done by the enforcement officers. The agencies concerned should not let it go. They should mount the checks on a continous basis through the years. But as always it is a knee jerk reaction then it will fade away. The enforcement officers will stay in the air-conditioned offices and taking long tea breaks.....leaving the rats to run havoc once again. I wonder how JPJ is going to check for drivers whose are licences are suspened or cancelled when the licences are renewed 3 or 5 years........Maybe the agencies should follow like the credit cards companies where the credit cards are swept and identified in the charge machine....like it can be used for the driving licences so that one sweeps of the card on the machine it call tell some details of traffic offences, summons not paid and warrants of arrest...

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