RTA amends rules for school buses

Stricter regulations governing school buses will be in place by September this year as traffic authorities have amended the School Transport Law.
Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) officials told Gulf News on Sunday that six months' notice have been given to schools to comply with the changes, following which the law will be implemented stringently from September 1.
"According to the law [first issued in 2008], school buses cannot speed more than 80km/h, and must have RTA-approved speed control devices installed to ensure this," said Furat Ali Al Ameri, director of franchising and enforcement at the RTA's Public Transport Agency.
"The window tints of school buses can be no more than 30 per cent and the windows must not open wider than 10 centimetres."

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The law also mandates the presence of a female attendant on every school bus, except buses transporting boys above grade 6. Attendants must have completed adequate training and must have the ID card issued by RTA on them while they are on duty.
Schools must assign a bus transport supervisor, whose contact details have to be communicated to the parents, the law says.