Dubai schools fined for unsafe buses

Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority said it had issued 248 fines to 84 schools after inspecting nearly 450 buses across the emirate under its new bus safety rules. The regulations, drafted by the Roads and Transport Authority, were introduced after a number of pupils died in bus-related accidents across the country. They require, among other things, that school buses be painted yellow for easy identification, that safety belts be fitted on certain seats, and that buses have a control system to limit their speed to 80kphm the National has reported. RTA said is not going to make public the names of the schools that failed.