Safety Practices among Bus Operators during Wee Hour Operations

Safety Health and Environment Code of Practice (SHE COP) was developed to help road transportation operators to manage its operation in a systematic and safe manner. A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of SHE COP implementation during non-OPS period. The objective of the study is to evaluate the implementations of SHE COP among bus operators during wee hour operations. The data was collected by completing a set of checklist after observing the activities during pre departure, during the trip, and upon arrival. The results show that there are seven widely practiced SHE COP elements. 22% of the buses have average speed exceeding the maximum permissible speed on the highways (90 km/h), with 13% of the buses were travelling at the speed of more than 100 km/h. The statistical analysis shows that there is only one significant association which relates speeding with prior presence of enforcement officers.

Authors:

• M.R. Osman
• F. Abas
• M.S. Noh
• A. Mohamad Suffian
• O. Ilhamah
• H.Z. Zarir
• A.B. Wahida
• P. Noor Faradila
• M.F. Siti Atiqah

Keywords:

• Safety practices
• speeding
• wee hour.

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