Refitted school buses rampant in Ruzhou City
By Li Qian |
March 22, 2012, Thursday
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FARMERS in Ruzhou City in central China's Henan Province have been illegally refitting scrap vehicles and selling some of them to schools in rural areas as school buses, posing a public security risk.
According to public security authorities, 309 of the 421 school buses belonging to 197 local schools were a serious safety hazard because they were unlicensed, overdue for safety checks and even refitted from scrap cars, China Youth Daily reported yesterday.
Though the state bans refitted vehicles, those rejigged from autos that are discarded as useless, running on roads, local schools seem to have ignored the provision, preferring to buy refitted buses in order to save cost.
"The same type of bus now serves many schools and kindergartens," a refitting bus vendor revealed.
Local traffic police denied the claims, saying all the autos had been destroyed and none has been circulated in the market.
But Henan Ruifuda Industrial Co Ltd, the biggest local company recycling junk vehicles, told China Youth Daily that some white minivans parked in the company yard were old school buses were sent by the traffic police themselves. However, local officials revealed that Ruifuda is not registered to refit vehicles.
Concern over the safety of school buses mounted nationally following a series of accidents, including a head-on collision last November which claimed the lives of 19 preschoolers and two adults. A nine-seater minivan, crammed with 64 passengers, collided with a truck on November 16, 2011, in Zhengning in northwest China's Gansu Province.
According to public security authorities, 309 of the 421 school buses belonging to 197 local schools were a serious safety hazard because they were unlicensed, overdue for safety checks and even refitted from scrap cars, China Youth Daily reported yesterday.
Though the state bans refitted vehicles, those rejigged from autos that are discarded as useless, running on roads, local schools seem to have ignored the provision, preferring to buy refitted buses in order to save cost.
"The same type of bus now serves many schools and kindergartens," a refitting bus vendor revealed.
Local traffic police denied the claims, saying all the autos had been destroyed and none has been circulated in the market.
But Henan Ruifuda Industrial Co Ltd, the biggest local company recycling junk vehicles, told China Youth Daily that some white minivans parked in the company yard were old school buses were sent by the traffic police themselves. However, local officials revealed that Ruifuda is not registered to refit vehicles.
Concern over the safety of school buses mounted nationally following a series of accidents, including a head-on collision last November which claimed the lives of 19 preschoolers and two adults. A nine-seater minivan, crammed with 64 passengers, collided with a truck on November 16, 2011, in Zhengning in northwest China's Gansu Province.
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