New Inspection Requirements for Buses & Coaches

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The General Directorate of Traffic announced that new inspections requirement for all mechanical vehicles (buses and coaches), carrying 11 passengers or more. The new requirements will be implemented starting from July 1, 2015.

The Directorate urged all bus and coach owners to follow strictly all new requirements for inspection as described below to ensure safety of bus/coach passengers and other road users.

- There should be a reflective sticker on the back bumper (yellow & black) that reflecting like beehive.
- A tint film or thermal insulator with more than 30% should be fixed on the glasses (windows) of the buses and coaches except the at driver and co-passenger window.

- The distance between the ground and the lowest rear protection end should not exceed 55cm at any points in the bottom side of vehicle, even while the vehicle is empty. If the distance exceeds more than it a protection bumper that contains phosphoric sticker should be fixed in order to meet GCC specifications and standards.




- A sticker should be fixed on the driver’s door showing the details (weight of vehicle when empty / weight of vehicle when loaded / number of passengers). The sticker should be white and letters in black colour.

- If the buses or coaches are carrying 50 passengers or above, two circular blinkers in yellow colour should be fixed in the back end of the buses and coaches working with lighting switch.

- The buses and coaches should be air conditioned

source: http://www.moi.gov.qa/site/english/news/2015/06/15/34684.html

Thoughts?

 

This gives justice to workers who have been suffering from working under the heat of the sun and gives them relief from travelling by bus with no A/c. Atleast this is the time where the management of every company has to act as per Qatars enforcement on what has been is really important for the welfare and safety of their workers. Now with the said requirements the workers will enjoy travelling with the new comforts of the new installations in the vehicle can offer them and for their travel safety.

 

Job well done to all the authorities behind this,the bus or coaches is in good shape and driver is fit also as well..These people are trusted with people or construction worker safety while on those buses and they need to be able to complete certain tasks to ensure their safety. If they can't complete these simple tasks then they shouldn't be a driver of this bus that the General Directorate of Traffic will be implemented..

 

Right, I saw some non-AC buses with full of site workers. I wonder how it feels like inside. This should be implemented by the company immediately because the heat during summer in Qatar is really unbearable. These buses must be inspected also from time to time to check the safety and status of AC. Because a bus may look like with AC but inside is not actually working or not enough to cool the entire bus filled with workers.