Black boxes in buses to slow drivers
By: Drivers.com staff
Date: 2002-06-22
Aircraft style black box recorders are being installed by Shanghai traffic officials on city buses. Among other data, the devices record drivers' braking and speed, says the article from the South China Morning Post. However, officials are going one step further, by programming the maximum speed limits for a given bus route into the recorders, the devices are programmed to set off alarm bells if a driver exceeds that limit. Driving speeds can be erratic in this busy Chinese city, and each month city buses are involved in six or seven serious collisions, one of which usually results in a death. Traffic violations by drivers of the city's 18,000 buses will be sent to the drivers' bosses, who will hand out a range of penalties, including possibly firing.
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