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MYSURU: The regional transport authority has found that only 30 of the 300 educational institutions' buses and vans, which ferry children, follow safety measures laid down by the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety. The inspection comes in the wake of several complaints regarding the lack of safety measures in vehicles ferrying children to school.RTO officials issued notices to educational institutions to attend an awareness programme on road safety and to bring school and college vehicles for inspection. "After 15 days, institutions should bring their vehicles to the RTO and get their vehicles inspected again. If they are still found violating rules, vehicles will be seized immediately," he said.Swamy warned private unregistered vehicles (vans, cars, autorickshaws etc), which ferry students to educational institutions, that vehicles will be seized if found violating safety rules. But during regular inspection, if we find they violate rules, we will seize such vehicles and a case will be filed against the owners.".