Motor Vehicles department (MVD) officials will inspect all tourist buses in Kerala within a fortnight and the antecedents of drivers will be verified, Minister for Transport Antony Raju has said.
Action would be taken against operators of buses if the speed governors of vehicles were faulty or found tampered with, the Minister said on Friday. Even if the MVD blacklisted vehicles for exceeding speed limits, the operators approached the court and got relief, Mr. Raju said. Some bus owners, like the one of the vehicle that was involved in an accident in Palakkad on Wednesday night while carrying schoolchildren on a trip, ignored speeding alerts sent to his mobile phone.
