BRTC buses safest

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Despite the fact that on average 10 people are killed everyday in road accidents, mostly by privately owned buses plying on city roads and highways, accidents caused by BRTC buses are very few indeed. It may be due to the rigorous training the drivers go through at the BRTC Training Institute at Joydebpur, Gazipur. Thus the reason for BRTC buses being the safest on road. On the contrary, drivers of privately owned buses are reckless and care little about the safety of their passengers and other vehicles on the road. Attempts by the government to bring these reckless drivers to book have failed. I feel that if the government makes it mandatory for private bus owners to establish their own training centre for their drivers, and as well make the owners of bus accountable for accidents, the rate of accidents may come down.
Meanwhile, congratulations to BRTC for maintaining good road safety record. We need more BRTC buses on the city roads.