Compulsory stint for commercial drivers

Alamak!
Reading this news, Compulsory stint for commercial drivers only triggers one thing on my mind.

SOMEONE WILL MAKE SOME MONEY OUT OF THIS!!!

No doubts about the problems posed by these types of drivers but training serves very little. The main tool to eradicate the problems posed by these commercial drivers is to have a regular and stringgent as well as efficient and morally stout enforcement excercise.

Are we in the position to do so? IMHO, not, and this will persist as long as we have the problematic political clowns with their greedy businessman running this country.

May Allah condems them to hell for all their misdeeds!

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The Star Online > Nation

Sunday December 5, 2004
Compulsory stint for commercial drivers

SEREMBAN: Commercial vehicle drivers must undergo more stringent and comprehensive training to hone their driving skills.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said a private company that had set up its first training centre in Sepang would be conducting an advanced driving skills module adopted from Australia.

“Five other centres are currently being built nationwide and once they are operational, all commercial vehicle drivers are required to attend the training programme or undergo a refresher course,” he said.

The module would not just emphasise on driving skills but also on how to shape the drivers into having a correct attitude, mentality and psychology while on the road, he said after a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of an indoor basketball stadium in Taman Desa Temiang here yesterday.

Chan said the Government had decided to make it mandatory for existing commercial vehicle drivers to attend a refresher course from time to time.

“We have yet to determine a timeframe but it may range from between two and three years,” he said, adding that the implementation would be carried out in stages.

He noted that a commercial vehicle driver who had obtained his licence would never return for any training.

“There is no way to keep track of his driving skills over the years and whether he has the correct attitude on the road,” he said.

On reports that Asmara Airlines had been given an approval to operate, Chan said his ministry had not issued such an approval for the company to fly domestic routes.

“I am equally baffled by news reports that the company had received approval to fly domestically,” he said.

“As far as I am concerned, there is no such approval,” he added.


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