Public Transport Vehicles to Get GPS, Panic Buttons From 2018

Bharat Mahan

Come April 1, 2018, the Centre will make it mandatory for all public service vehicles — including buses and taxis — to have a location-tracking device and one or more emergency buttons to alert authorities in an emergency.

  • Panic buttons to be installed in front of passengers’ seats. Once pressed, transport department and police control will be alerted
  • Three-wheelers, two-wheelers exempt from installing GPS devices and emergency buttons

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Hindustan Times

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