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Friday 29 Jan 2016 - 16:07 Makkah mean time-19-4-1437
Jeddah, (IINA - The government of Saudi Arabia has decided to make all taxi, school and other public transport drivers undertake annual drug tests as part of measures to reduce road accidents, Arab News reported.
This followed a recommendation from a committee that had been set up to study the matter. The decision is subject to further change because the law overseeing public transport is expected to be amended in future, according to a report in a local publication on Wednesday.
Omar Bamasfar, director of public relations and press spokesman for the Ministry of Transport in Makkah, said that those who wish to operate public transport must undergo the drug test, and they must have no criminal record as well as a letter from their sponsors.
There has recently been a spate of accidents involving buses transporting students and teachers. This has forced the Ministry of Transport to take action, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.
AG/IINA
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