PUBLISHED: 3 Does 2024 at 04: 00
The Thailand Consumers Council (TCC ) calls for schools all over the country to address the issue and says there is cause for concern about safety on school buses.
On April 23, Saree Aongsomwang, TCC secretary-general, met with Education Minister Pol Gen Permpoon Chidchob to discuss possible client security cooperation to strengthen the vehicle program for students.
The decision was brought on by the rising number of highway fatalities involving school buses in recent years, which had an impact on students ‘ fundamental health freedom.
Ms. Saree claimed that the TCC urged the minister to make school bus control one of its major goals. Regular assessments should be conducted, and schools that do n’t follow the rules should be punished.
The TCC urged the government to develop instructions for schools, staff, parents, and express agencies in addition to promoting teaching centers for vehicle safety.
A plan for the development of public transportation is being developed by the TCC and the Thai Health Promotion Foundation. In 20 institutions global, learning centers and control of school vehicle safety are expected to be piloted.
Pol Gen Permpoon agreed, saying class cars may be officially registered.
Recently, the TCC proposed a document school bus health plan to the Ombudsman, which was afterwards submitted to cupboard.
In January only, six incidents were reported involving college cars, with 51 wounded sufferers, one of whom had a leg amputated, and one died. 20 % of all 2022 information was based on that figure.
” More than 45, 000 people are driving school buses without permits, which is a danger to our children”, Kongsak Chuenkrailat, assistant secretary of the TCC’s subcommittee on transport and vehicles, said.
Anuchar Sethasathien, the subcommittee’s chair, presented an example of a school bus management structure in Chiang Rai, which works with school bus company users, the municipal travel business and scientists.
Engineers had assisted in the design of school-to-school travel vehicles and provided safety guidelines for business owners to use as a guide in accordance with regulations set by the Department of Land Transport. He emphasized the value of school involvement in efforts to improve health.