校車安全管理條例釋出

A long-awaited draft regulation on Chinese school bus safety management was passed in principle on March 28 at a State Council executive meeting chaired by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, according to a statement released.

The draft regulation asks local governments to ensure that students attend schools near their homes or boarding schools to "reduce students' traffic risks".

In rural areas that cannot ensure nearby schooling or convenient public transport to schools, measures should be taken to ensure students' access to school buses.

The draft states that county level and higher governments will be responsible for the management of school bus safety within their jurisdiction. It also sets obligations and responsibilities of the schools and service providers to guarantee safety.

According to the draft, higher technical standards will be set for school buses and stricter requirements for the drivers. School buses will have the right of way on the road and a speed limit will be set for them. People involved in unlawful school bus services or uses will be held legally and possibly criminally responsible.

The State Council will publicise the draft regulation for implementation after further revision, the statement said.

保障學生上下學集體乘車安全

近年來，一些地方，特別是一些農村地區，孩子們上學路途趨遠，上下學交通風險增大，一段時期多次發生的校車安全事故造成未成年人重大傷亡，教訓慘痛“堅持從實際出發，保證制度規定切實可行。”國務院法制辦負責人說，針對保障校車安全的主要環節，作出符合中國國情、特別是符合農村地區實際情況的校車安全管理規定；考慮地區、城鄉不同情況，在確立全國普遍適用的制度同時，給地方制定具體辦法留出空間。

護佑校車駛入“安全通道”

《校車安全管理條例》條例總共62條，分為總則、學校和校車服務提供者、校車使用許可、校車駕駛人、校車通行安全、校車乘車安全、法律責任、附則等８章。條例規定，縣級以上地方政府對本行政區域的校車安全管理工作負總責。保障學生就近入學或者在寄宿制學校入學，減少學生上下學的交通風險，發展城市和農村公共交通，為需要乘車上下學的學生提供方便，對確實難以保障就近入學，並且公共交通不能滿足學生上下學需要的農村地區，縣級以上地方政府保障接受義務教育的學生獲得校車服務。同時，條例還規定，縣級以上地方人民政府根據本地區實際情況，可以制定管理辦法，組織依法取得道路旅客運輸經營許可的個體經營者提供校車服務。配備校車的學校、校車服務提供者應當指派照管人員隨校車全程照管乘車學生。條例還對政府部門、學校的校車安全管理責任，校車駕駛人的條件，校車在道路上行駛的通行安全，隨車照管人員的職責，以及違法後的處罰等做了規定。