Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-09-13
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[01] Public order minister warns of severe sanctions for schoolbus
safety violators
[01] Public order minister warns of severe sanctions for schoolbus
safety violators
Public order minister George Voulgarakis on Tuesday warned that severe
sanctions would be imposed on violators of schoolbus safety rules, as
police services mounted a massive spot inspections operation on streets
throughout the country.
Voulgarakis said that severe sanctions would be imposed on violators,
and warned the schoolbus owners that the inspections would continue all
year round.
He further called on parents and pupils to immediately report any
problems or irregularities they ascertained in the transportation
services.
Voulgarakis added that the first results of the inspections conducted
by police services gave rise to strong concern, given that many of the
school buses inspected did not fulfill the relevant safety
regulations.
The minister was speaking to reporters amid inspections being conducted
throughout Attica prefecture, and immediately departed for the western
port city of Patras, where he would later make statements on the data
collected from the inspections on the local school buses.
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