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Transport Is Swift With Decision To Suspend
posted (July 27, 2017)
And the video is so disturbing that the Department of transport had to respond with urgency. The Transport Board met today and this afternoon the Chief Transport Officer said that the bus line's road service permit has been suspended and the driver will be charged:...

Tirso Galvez, Chef Transport Officer
"Type of behavior could have lead into a serious fatal accident, both having passengers from both busses and other road users getting injured or ending as I said with fatal injuries."

"The board has decided that the suspension would be for a month and that the suspension for that company and the two runs that that company has and the board will be providing another bus service to provide that service."

"As far as the driver is concern, the department is looking at possible charges to be levied against this driver and one of the main charges we are looking at is reckless driver. Another offences we are looking at is driving in contravention of the road service permit also in respect to timing and so forth."

"I would also like to state that the department welcomes these types of information and want to thank the general public or whosoever. Whenever these instances or these things occur, to put it forward because it assists the department of transport in regulating and in enforcing and dealing with these types of behaviors."

As he noted, other bus lines will be given J and J's runs for the month they face suspension. And like the chief transport officer, we urge you to send your videos of reckless bus drivers to our 7News Belize Facebook page.

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