Home
Business
Metro
Nation
World
Sports
Feature
Opinion
View more »Opinion Columns
Wan LixinOpinion deputy editor of Shanghai Daily
Shanghai sorting out a sustainable future
Rural tourism: Success depends on more than just green fields and a nostalgic idyll
Sunday
- Subscribe
Fatal crash bus lacked inspection, had illegal license
By Zha Minjie |
April 26, 2012, Thursday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
THE tour bus that crashed head-on into a truck in Changshu City on Sunday, killing 14 people and injuring 20 others, did not receive timely vehicle checks and its inter-province charted bus license was illegally issued, police and traffic authorities said yesterday.
Shanghai Yiliu Vehicle Renting Service Co, which rented the bus to the travel agency that organized the tour, has been suspended from further operation, said Shanghai traffic and port officials. Yiliu has about 50 buses.
Company officials said Wang Zhenwei, the driver who has been detained after he tested positive for methamphetamine, had worked for two months but that they did not have a contract with him. The company said it knew little about the driver's physical condition. Wang had not had enough sleep before the accident.
The multiple failures on the bus's safety checks and licensing exposed the lax management and supervision in the inter-province transport system. Local traffic authorities are intensifying checks at bus stations and toll stations for safety issues and licenses, but the problems persist.
City traffic officials said it's not easy to detect drug use in driving, unlike the quick testing in drunk driving.
Shanghai Yiliu Vehicle Renting Service Co, which rented the bus to the travel agency that organized the tour, has been suspended from further operation, said Shanghai traffic and port officials. Yiliu has about 50 buses.
Company officials said Wang Zhenwei, the driver who has been detained after he tested positive for methamphetamine, had worked for two months but that they did not have a contract with him. The company said it knew little about the driver's physical condition. Wang had not had enough sleep before the accident.
The multiple failures on the bus's safety checks and licensing exposed the lax management and supervision in the inter-province transport system. Local traffic authorities are intensifying checks at bus stations and toll stations for safety issues and licenses, but the problems persist.
City traffic officials said it's not easy to detect drug use in driving, unlike the quick testing in drunk driving.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
