Harness technology to make bus travel safer


AS details of the bus crash that occurred in Gerik, killing 15 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) students and injuring dozens more, emerge, it’s time to ask: With all the technology we have today, why aren’t we doing more to make travelling by buses safer?

Sadly, bus crashes like this have happened too often and many could have been avoided.

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