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The Government Office Is Also Launching an Investigation Into the Buses that Caught Fire in Budapest
After BKV, the Budapest Metropolitan Government Office is also being investigated, and BKV specialists are also being checked.
It is unacceptable for buses to transport passengers in Budapest that could catch fire at any time, the research and analysis expert at Budapest Workshop told our news agency.
What does the Hungarian government do to protect public transport passengers?
In view of recent public bus fires in Budapest, the Budapest government office has launched an immediate, comprehensive review, the body said on Friday. “It is concerning and unacceptable that buses should be running in Budapest that put the safety and life of passengers at risk. The government office will focus especially on the state of the buses, the facilities and the control equipment, as well as the experts conducting checks on buses,” the…
"In the interest of passenger safety, the Budapest Metropolitan Government Office has ordered an immediate technical inspection of the BKV buses that have caught fire in recent days," the government office's website reads. First, a bus caught fire at József nádor Square on Wednesday, and then a day later a burning bus had to be extinguished at the Farkasréti cemetery. Mayor Gergely Karácsony called for an immediate investigation into the fires, …
The Budapest Government Office is launching an investigation because it considers the recent bus fire incident to be worrying. According to their position, it is unacceptable for vehicles that endanger the lives and safety of passengers to be operating on the roads of the capital, and therefore they have ordered a full inspection of the technical condition of the buses with immediate effect.
Dávid Vitézy previously posted about how the government prevented the replacement of aging Citaro buses.
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