Aren't you afraid of riding the bus?

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These days, citizens who commute by bus afraid of the explosion that might be happen while they ride in the bus. Citizens' anxieties made the bicycle stock price increased. This is because of the explosion in the seoul in Aug, 9th .
In that explosion, 17 people got hurt. 11 of them was in the bus, and 6 of them was walking around the bus when it exploded. Riders in the bus run away through the broken glasses and the broken pieces even hit the buildings' windows around that area. One of the injurers was a girl who got severly injured her foot, and she got surgery to cut them off. Citizens feel sorry for her because she known as a girl who devoted herself to her family after her father left.

This bus was manufactured in 2001 and it was expected to be disused from next year. Experts assume that explosion was because one of the 8 gas tanks under the bus exploded. Experts suggested to bus drivers not to charge over 90% of the gas.

Between 2005 to 2008, there were 8 CNG gas related accidents, but it was first time to exploded while running. These CNG buses are known as eco-freindly vehicles and show its power by cleaning air of cities. Currently 95.5% of all buses are CNG bus, and before this year ends, the rest 4.5% planned to be changed. As the bus trend become CNG, the bus needed to be checked regularly.



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