Transport consultant Wan Agyl Wan Hassan calls for a nationwide employment framework for drivers that ensures fair pay, regulated hours and career stability.
00:00Malaysia's bus industry is in urgent need of structural reform to curb the number of fatal crashes plaguing the sector, according to transport consultant Wan Agil Wan Hasan.
00:12Earlier this week, Utusan Malaysia reported that more than 203 bus-related accidents were recorded in the country between January 2023 and May this year, resulting in 39 deaths, 68 series injuries and 197 minor injuries.
00:27Wan Agil, founder of transport think tank MyMobilityVision, said the statistics show that Malaysia's road safety record was a national failure that demands more than just a short-term fix.
00:39He said the accidents, though varied in their specific causes, were ultimately the result of a transport system under severe stress from cost and manpower pressures, as well as regulatory blind spots.
00:50Wan Agil called for a nationwide employment framework for drivers to ensure fair pay, regulated hours and career stability, citing Japan, where commercial bus drivers are medically screened, trained and employed under a national system.
01:04He also said a structural reset should digitize compliance with GPS tracking and require bus firms to maintain detailed maintenance logs for operating permits.
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