The industry association calls it a small mistake when party buses miss police checks. "Disappointing", say the police.
Party buses on Danish roads defy police checks. A recent police check in Copenhagen revealed a number of serious errors and deficiencies in the controlled party buses.
On Friday evening last week, the police and the Danish Transport Agency carried out a targeted control of party buses in Copenhagen.
The results were disappointing. Out of five checked buses, all were noted for one or more violations of the legislation. One of the buses had as many as 13 different faults and defects.
Among the problems found were a loose steering connection, oil leakage and a lack of order in the drivers' choir rest time charts. In one case, the police suspect a driver of having manipulated the times.
– It is a disappointing result. We have written cases on all the party buses we have had inside for inspection, and they are now all being called in for inspections, says police assistant and subject manager at Heavy Vehicle Center East, Nicolaj Stentved, to TV 2 Kosmopol .
The inspection comes in the wake of a series of revelations from TV 2 Kosmopol, which has documented extensive problems with the party buses. Among other things, the media has shown that several of the buses emit large amounts of particles harmful to health and that they often break the traffic law.
Transport Minister Thomas Danielsen (V) has said that they will now implement an increased control system in order to put an end to fraud on and in the buses.
In an email to TV 2 Kosmopol, the industry association for party buses has called the many violations of the law minor mistakes. They further write that the bus companies spend a lot of money on keeping the buses in order, and that the industry association will now encourage their members to have control of their buses.
However, the police deny that these are minor mistakes. "You can't blame the entire bus industry on one hand. But there is perhaps a segment here that needs to take a look at what they can do to improve road safety," says Nicolaj Stentved.
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