The NSW government orders its Bus Industry Taskforce to review concerns around seat belt use, driver training and fatigue and safety management.
abc.net.au/news/urgent-review-into-nsw-bus-safety-hunter-valley-crash/102502848This month's catastrophic bus crash in the NSW Hunter Valley has sparked an urgent review of bus and coach safety regulation in the state.Transport Minister Jo Haylen says passengers expect safetyOn June 11, a coach carrying 35 passengers leaving a nearby wedding overturned at a roundabout in Greta, killing 10 people.
It has rocked the Hunter town of Singleton, where several victims were popular members of the community. The task force will consider retrofitting seat belts on school buses in regional NSW, and expanding seat belt laws across the state. Transport for NSW's oversight of operators and any risk management gaps in the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator framework will also fall under the review.Transport Minister Jo Haylen said if the review finds there needs to be more enforcement on seat belt use, "we will do it".
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