School Transport: Already 30,000 Checks Carried Out Since the Beginning of the Year
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On almost 30,000 checks carried out since January, 119 drivers have been tested positive for narcotics and 63 for alcohol in school transport, according to the Ministry of Transport. Figures published seven months after the tragedy of Châteaudun, where a 15-year-old girl died in a car accident whose driver was under the influence of narcotics. With 138 cases recorded last year, accidents involving coaches have reached a record level over ten yea…
Following the tragedy of Châteaudun last January, the government stepped up the controls of school coach drivers and worked on new tracks.

Seven months after the tragedy of Châteaudun, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot gave an update on the safety of school transport and the results of the checks carried out since January.
In Eure-et-Loir, where a high school girl died in January in a car accident whose driver had used cannabis, transport minister Philippe Tabarot listed several avenues to enhance safety.
This census took place seven months after the death of a 15-year-old high school student in a school bus accident whose driver had used cannabis at the end of January in Châteaudun.
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