FORTY-SIX staff members of the Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) have begun a refresher training programme as part of the company's efforts to ensure the maintenance of its fleet of buses.
The programme, which is part of the company's efforts to ensure safety on the roads and customer-friendliness, was attended by 22 male instructors and 24 female conductors.
Four instructors from Belgium will take the participants during the two-week programme.
The Managing Director of MMT, Mr Visschers Henk, told the Daily Graphic that another batch of instructors from Belgium would be expected in February, next year to take other instructors and conductors through a training programme.
He said out of the instructors, the best five would be selected for further training in Europe to reduce the company's reliance on foreign instructors.
He said as part of efforts at ensuring road safety, MMT buses had been equipped with electronic speed limitors to check speeding.
Mr Henk said the company was also in the process of providing a vehicle tracking system to monitor speed limits of drivers.
He explained that 95 per cent of road accidents were caused by human error, especially through speeding and fatigue.
Mr Henk said the speed limitors and the tracking system would keep drivers on their toes.
On ticketing, he appealed to patrons of MMT buses to insist on being given tickets any time they boarded any bus.
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