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To make up for inadequate running time buses zoom past unleashing terror on roads, writes V.S. Palaniappan Buses unleash terror on the city roads in their eagerness to adhere to time schedule and fill the kitty despite traffic bottlenecks. While granting permits for buses in fixed routes, the transport authority fixes time schedule and running time between two destinations. The running time was fixed at least 10 to 15 years ago. The large number of vehicles and shrinking road space coupled with the bulging number of passengers and increasing bus stops and traffic signals make it impossible for the drivers to reach their destinations within the given time. In addition, buses compete with each other to ensure more collection. Traffic blocks and traffic signals consume a lot of their running time. The loss in running time is made up by over-speeding without any concern for the fellow motorists, points out Secretary of Coimbatore Consumer Cause, K. Kathirmathiyon. Drivers on town bus routes of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation say that for route numbers such as 2, 5,7 and 1C which ply through the core areas of the city, the running time granted along with the permit, i.e., ranging from 40 minutes to 70 minutes, is grossly inadequate. Every bus requires 15 minutes more than the granted running time so that the drivers can drive diligently without meeting with accidents. In the absence of the running time revision, the drivers either overshoot traffic signals or turn impatient at bus stops. Sometimes the drivers skip bus stops or do not give enough time for passengers to disembark and board. Such situations often lead to heated arguments between bus operators. Recently the transport department cancelled the licences of a few private drivers. The problem persisted on all routes, including mofussil and town bus routes. The issue was discussed at the road safety-cum-traffic advisory meeting. Since the revision of the running time for mofussil buses involved co-ordination among all the districts at various levels, it was decided that timings of town buses, at least on the worst-hit routes, could be first revised. Any other enforcement practice would only provide a temporary solution and upward revision of the running time alone could resolve the issue permanently, Mr. Kathirmathiyon said.At a recent road safety committee meeting, the matter was discussed threadbare and District Collector Neeraj Mittal directed the transport department to suspend/cancel the licences of erring drivers and also to ensure that the buses stopped at the bus stops i.e., only at the bus stops.
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