The buses brake abruptly and cause the car behind them to crash; however, «he who hits pays» according to witnesses
Accident on May 19, a truck transporting materials was hit by bus 722 when braking abruptly in San Juan Cosalá.
Jazmín Stengel (Chapala).- «Expensive and dangerous», this is how the buses in Chapala were described by some residents of the municipality. The lack of care on the part of the drivers has caused a series of accidents, especially on the Chapala-Jocotepec highway.
Most of the accidents have occurred because the drivers of Autotransportes Chapala-Guadalajara stop in the highway lane instead of pulling over to allow passengers to board and alight.
This situation led more than one driver of private cars traveling behind a bus to crash into the bus. This was the experience of Juan, a tortilla delivery man who was traveling in his Nissan NP van, and at the end of last year crashed into the back of a bus in San Juan Cosalá, for not being able to brake in time.
On May 19, in the same town, the event was repeated in front of the ‘Colegio Gustavo Díaz Ordaz’ elementary school with another Nissan pickup, this time belonging to a construction company, which crashed into the bumper of the 722 bus after braking abruptly.
The section of the entrance to Ajijic after the La Floresta subdivision is another of the points pointed out by the complainants. Bus drivers take the parallel road to avoid traffic, however, on many occasions it is too narrow and results in minor accidents against parked cars or those leaving the parking lot.
Another witness said that, when giving way to the state patrol cars at the La Montaña in the downtown area of Ajijic racing with their sirens on about a month ago, the bus coming behind the patrols tried to pass at high speed and came face to face with the bus approaching from the front; Álvaro the witness said he was lucky to have been saved.
A video was also circulated on social networks on April 4 showing the fall of a woman who was trying to get out of the rear door of bus number 06, when the bus abruptly started up, causing her to fall to the ground and injuring her. Other popular complaints are the high speed and abruptness with which drivers drive, «play racing» or running stop lights.
The director of Mobility in Chapala, Moisés Ochoa Urquieta, said that he had called the company Autotransportes de Chapala’s attention for not parking the buses at the stops, however, he also excused the drivers when they do not have a place to park. So far there have been no municipal infractions against the company’s units, the official said.
In the municipality of Chapala, accidents involving buses «are not alarming», said Ochoa Urquieta, since they have been minimal and not serious; so far there have only been material losses.
Translated by Kerry Watson
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