Private bus operators welcome dual dashcams but demand more time to fix them

With just about a week left for the expiry of the February 28 deadline for the 8,000-odd stage carriage buses in Kerala to install dual dashcams, bus operators are demanding more time to adhere to the decision taken at a meeting chaired here by Minister for Transport Antony Raju a week ago following a spree of fatal accidents involving recklessly-driven private buses. Most bus operators have welcomed the decision that makes it mandatory to have dual dashcams in private buses. Dashcams have several benefits, the most important being that they will help provide evidence in the wake of accidents, says Hamza Erikunnan, treasurer, Kerala State Private Bus Operators’ Federation. Claiming that the price of dashcams has increased from ₹3,000 to ₹8,000 apiece following the government’s decision, P. Gopinathan, general secretary of the All Kerala Bus Operators Organisation said its office-bearers will meet the Transport Minister soon and apprise him of the need for more time to install quality cameras.