The Transport Co, the state-enterprise interprovincial bus operator, will equip all of its franchise buses and vans with global positioning system (GPS) devices to improve safety measures next year. All the 659 buses of Transport Co and 2,263 trucks for transporting dangerous substances such as chemicals and gas hav
The Transport Co, the state-enterprise interprovincial bus operator, will equip all of its franchise buses and vans with global positioning system (GPS) devices to improve safety measures next year.
All the 659 buses of Transport Co and 2,263 trucks for transporting dangerous substances such as chemicals and gas have been equipped with GPS, enabling officials to monitor the speed, location of the vehicles, and monitor the drivers' behavior.
As a result, the number of accidents has been reduced and driver behavior improved. Next year the Transport Co has a plan to install GPS in 4,385 privately-licensed buses and vans operating under its authority and 6,191 trucks transporting dangerous substances, Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt wrote.
Mr Chadchart said he also visited the office which takes complaints via the hotline 1584 and learned that from October last year to August this year there were 24,454 complaints on taxis, 1,222 on Bangkok Mass Transit Authority buses, 2,803 on BMTA-licensed buses and 1,462 on passenger vans.