Standardise training of lorry and bus drivers

THE latest – and it certainly won’t be the last, believe me – case of a lorry driver high on drugs involved in an accident confirms that it is high time for an outside-the-box solution (“12-vehicle crash: Lorry driver tests positive for drugs”, The Star, Oct 10; online at bit.ly/4e0hLLq).

We have been putting up with dangerous lorry and express bus drivers’ stunts on our motorways for far too long. Overloading, speeding, overtaking dangerously, driving without licences, and driving while under the influence of drugs and alcohol are some of the issues we see among commercial vehicle drivers in Malaysia.