Comments on: 10 Ways to Reduce Bus Accidents in Malaysia

By: Cikgu Yap

Cikgu Yap — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:11:53 +0000

In reply to Angelos Fernandes. Your suggestions are good. But it takes time to implement them. In the meantime, the authorities should take steps to make heavy vehicles safer.

By: Angelos Fernandes

Angelos Fernandes — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:08:14 +0000

I agree with you completely but the fact of the matter is the government should forbid heavy vehicles to use highway. We’re seeing too many accidents caused by the heavies, up to 80% are because of them. Like Concerned said, it’s the structure of the trucks and buses. Most of them went through maintenance… once in ten years! Some didn’t go through maintenance at all!

The trucks I’m seeing hardly matched the trucks in USA. Most 1930s kind of trucks droning on our roads. And the bus, don’t let me start it. The point is, Malaysia should have public transports such as Japanese. Monorails connecting districts and towns within a state and Maglevs or HS trains connecting states within the country. Use the cargo transportation trains to transport goods, instead of using trucks.

I know it’s costly… but if excuses keep blaring… when will it even be greenlit? Doesn’t that say it all?

By: Concerned

Concerned — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:54:06 +0000

There is one theory that has not been reviewed yet. Which is the reason Malaysia have so many bus accidents is due to the structure of the bus it self. I am not sure but i heard some where the buses uses lorry chasis, I am not an engineer but the stress of the weight of the body of the bus in the long term could effect the handling. Especially when coupled with bus drivers that is tired.

The drivers play a major role in most of this accidents, they should be given emergency driving training paid by the express bus company.

Usually when found that the driver is an incompetent and drug addicted – no licensed daredevil, the bus express company who did the hiring gets off leniently – my suggestion make them really feel the pinch of a fine in form of hundreds of thousands depending the severity of the accidents.

We need to review how the express buses are built by the bus building company. Are they following guide lines set by the road transport ministry or are they with out guidelines? Who owns this companies. And they should be fined if investigation reveal that accidents accour due to faulty buses.