Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
09/26/2013
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Half the fleet of the municipality of Santa Luzia , Minas , is illegal .
In Goiás , buses scrapped lay children at risk .
A festival of irregularities with the school transport vans lay children and adolescents at risk in Greater Belo Horizonte . Half the fleet of the municipality of Santa Luzia is illegal .
A five year old girl enters the van .
" Do you have authorization ? " Asks the reporter .
" No," replied Juliana Alves , owner of the van .
But the mother hired the service believing that shipping was legalized . " She says that it is ," says Cristina de Oliveira , a housewife.
Without permission and without heeding the Brazilian Traffic Code . A child traveling in front unbelted . And where there belt for three , four students will . On the bus , heads and arms out .
Bank torn window that does not close , makeshift seat . In the post , which is next to the school , security cameras show that the vans use the supply area for loading and unloading . In one image , a girl has to fast rewind . In another , children run behind a car that gives a defendant .
The price attracts . The smuggling in Santa Luzia costs on average $ 20 less per month than the transport legalized . But as motorists do not pay taxes to the government, are not inspected . And there, the security becomes a matter of luck . " There was an accident outside a school with a van that hit the wall and went inside the school ," says a man .
Without knowing he was being filmed , a man reveals the scheme : "No one here is legalized . Nobody is allowed because the city does not release . You do not see blitz sees no police at the door of school. "
The Law School Transport exists in the city a year ago , but has not been regulated .
" They are not free to act . The blitz happens yes , it exists , not as it should be , because now we are riding the Department of Supervision and things are starting to flow , "says Schneider Carvalho , municipal secretary of Traffic and Public Transport .
In the city there are 49 vehicles legalized , and the municipality acknowledges, for each authorized , no other clandestine .
In Goiás , buses scrapped lay children at risk
This is not just a problem of Mines . In Goiás , old buses , with over 40 years of use make school transportation . It is a danger to children . In August , one of them caught fire and killed a four year old boy in Aragarças , on the border with Mato Grosso .
Six other students and the driver suffered burns . Parents of students said that the day before the accident the vehicle had mechanical problems presented .
Within the state is common to see scrapped bus taking children from rural areas to study in the city . In Montividiu North , 450 kilometers from Goiânia , one carries over one hundred students every day irregularly . Bald tires , taillights burned , compromised bodywork and lack of banks are some of the problems .
Transport Secretary Rio authorized adjustment in the driver's seat
And what are the basics of security that parents should be more careful when choosing the transportation that will take the child to school ?
Parents are the main tax in this case. They have to be aware , if the van is in good condition , the range amalera written on the side ' school ' is mandatory , the number of the vehicle have to be in front of the vehicle to determine if a vehicle is authorized . Also look bald tires , if the fire extinguisher is within the validity period , as well as the inspection sticker on the front window .
It is mandatory that school has a vehicle entrance door on both sides, so that the child always sign on the sidewalk side . The Municipal Transport River authorized an adjustment : The driver's seat comes to the side and the child gets in the driver's side. When sitting , she has to put the seat belt, which is mandatory. The auxiliary must always be identified , as well as the driver . He must have more than 21 years , D driver's license and can not have committed any serious or very serious offense in the last 12 months.
Source : Good Morning Brazil - G1
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