Safety push for public minivans

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Published: 6/02/2012 at 02:08 AM
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The Transport Ministry will tighten regulations to ensure the safety of public service minivans which have been involved in a rising number of accidents in recent years.

Deputy Transport Minister Chadchart Sittiphan said he would talk with executives from the Land Transport Department, the Transport Co, and Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) to introduce measures to ensure passenger safety in public minivan transport.

From January last year until the end of January this year, 60 people were killed and 282 injured in public minivan accidents.

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nosurprise
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Discussion 5 : 06/02/2012 at 09:53 AM5
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Here we go again, more cash in hand for the police. What is neeeded is education and proper driver training. Until this happens and the police really police the roads nothing is going to change and more lives will be lost each year. Mai ben ra.
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Discussion 4 : 06/02/2012 at 08:50 AM4
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A light is shining! Lets hope for future lives, it get done! They are the second meanace after taxi's, who block bus stops, weave in and out, looking for fares. They too should only have designated stopping,waiting areasand speed limits. And any taxi over 15 years old scrapped!
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Discussion 3 : 06/02/2012 at 08:27 AM3
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They are regular vans, not minivans.
Tracking them without prompt, on the spot, enforcement of the law will be useless and open for corruption, just like the cell phone law.
This scheme is nothing more than a pr that the new minister is trying to do something.
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Discussion 2 : 06/02/2012 at 07:35 AM2
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"The RFID equipment would be installed on roads and in public minivans under a concession of the BMTA and the Transport Co."

Why RFID if that needs equipment instaled on raods while GPS does not need anything other than an installement on the vehicle and can be used anywhere?
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Discussion 1 : 06/02/2012 at 07:29 AM1
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this safety measure should include all commercial,public, government,tourists drivers to ensure overall safety on the
roads of Thailand, not only limited to public transport vans.
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