In Europe they have a device called a digital tachograph installed in all buses and lorries…it records among other things the speed the vehicle is doing…the number of hours the driver has been driving etc…and yes every lorry or bus is speed governed
Mimi kwanza nimepanda KBS na Citi hopa mingi sana whose windows are made of the same material na dirisha ya nyumba. i.e. not shatter proof…ile uwoga I had while traveling!!! Wacha tu.
ona hiyo Yutong inagongelewa chuma ya 2 tons hapo mbele lakini windshield doesn’t throw pieces of glass around. Alafu inaangushwa chini roof iko intact. Hizi za Choda na Masters zikiroll roof ya mabati inatoka yote.
And then the issue of seat belts should be enforced ruthlessly for long distance buses. Inafaa kuwe na sensor kwa basi, kama any passenger hajafunga seat belt basi haitoki.
Then NTSA should get serious with crash tests. Alcoblows are not enough!
shida yeti innanza kwako wewe buyer, truckk chassis you want it modified into a bus, ukinipa kazi sikatai mambo ni mabaya.
all this at the expense of the travellers. siwezi kuwaname hapa wale wako na tryck chassis lakini ni wengi
This Volvo test from minute 1.00 shows a bus rolling downhill, all passengers remain seated when they are belted up. Na roof haing’oki, so watu hawarushwi kila mahali… minimizes injuries.
is Volvo from a shit hole republic where everyone is taking kickbacks?
we got a long way to go, eti local industries which cant even make a sewing needle are fabricating buses. am gonna be sick, yetu ibakie AVA hapa Mombasa, assembly tu
it was pointed out kitambo, seems like no one was listening.
Polycarp Igathe, the chair of the Petroleum Institute of East Africa, said this issue should be investigated.
“Standards all over the world do not allow buses to use truck chassis, but in Kenya many buses are fitted with these chassis. We are carrying Kenyans in coffins,” he said.