Commuters gamble with life on footboards of door-less buses in Coimbatore
Commuters in Coimbatore face significant risks while traveling on overcrowded private buses that lack automatic doors. Passengers often resort to riding on footboards, which can lead to dangerous situations, as highlighted by a recent fatal incident. Authorities emphasize the need for stricter enforcement of safety regulations and increased public transport options to mitigate these hazards.
- ▪Private buses in Coimbatore operate without automatic doors, making travel hazardous for commuters.
- ▪An elderly woman tragically fell from a bus and was fatally run over, underscoring the dangers of footboard travel.
- ▪The Regional Transport Officer stated that while new buses must have doors, older models are exempt from this requirement.
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Lack of automatic doors on private buses in Coimbatore city makes travel hazardous for commuters. On overcrowded private buses during peak hours, passengers are often forced to travel on footboard.“It is scary to travel on buses without doors, especially when they are overcrowded and move at high speed,” says Manoranjitham, a commuter. S.V. Sriram, a commuter who boards buses at Sitra stop daily, says footboard travellers face the daily risk of losing balance on speeding private buses.In March, an elderly woman lost balance and fell out of the front entrance of a private bus at Kovaipudur and was fatally run over by the same bus.A good number of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses in the city have automatic doors, and police say private buses, too, ought to have doors for…
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