Black box for luxury bus like airlines
Posted on: 24/Mar/2014 2:13:02 PM
In the recent times, reckless driving of the inter-state bus drivers have forced the Government to make it mandatory for all such vehicles to have black box, speed controllers and seat belts for passengers.
The black box will record the driving behavior of the man on the wheels and also record whether the driver worked beyond the permissible hours in a day.
To make a beginning, the focus is likely to be on Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra where these luxury buses ply in big numbers and are quite popular for inter-state travel on weekends.
The Centre will also take up the case of implementing Bus Body Code, which aims to make buses safer by using specified materials.
A technical investigation into two Volvo buses that went up in flames last year in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka claiming 51 lives had revealed that these had wooden flooring, inflammable seats and had no emergency exit door.
