安全總監是運輸署新成立專營巴士安全小組的主管，負責監督專營巴士安全各範疇的工作。安全總監的主要職責如下 –

(a) 因應目前有關專營巴士營運的運作和規管制度，監督就(i)車內裝置及科技、(ii)巴士車長的培訓、疲勞管理及工作環境、(iii)安全表現管理，以及( iv)道路安全和巴士友善措施這四個主要範疇引進巴士安全舉措／規例／計劃／措施的可行性研究，並據此考慮未來路向；

(b) 加強政府對車長培訓的監察，並為建立專營巴士業的系統性訓練和認證框架(培訓單元及綱要須經運輸署或其認可機構認證)制訂全面策略；

(c) 監督就本港專營巴士業有關識別和管理車長疲勞駕駛的課題而進行的全面研究，並就專營巴士業內巴士車長疲勞的識別和管理制訂全面策略，在本港獨特的營運環境下持續制訂有關巴士車長疲勞管理、工作時間指引和休息時間，以及車長身心健康的措施，並監督措施的落實情況，讓專營巴士營辦商在車隊及車長個人層面上制訂適當的措施；

(d) 檢討現時透過法例及／或專營權規定對專營巴士安全作出的規管，並提出改善建議；以及

(e) 監察專營巴士意外趨勢、專營巴士及各專營巴士營辦商的安全表現、查找意外成因，以及制訂和落實道路安全和巴士友善措施的工作。

The Safety Director is the head of TD’s newly established Franchised Bus Safety Team, which oversees all aspects of franchised bus safety. The main responsibilities of the Safety Director include –

(a) To oversee the studying of the feasibility of, and consider the way forward with regard to, the introduction of bus safety related initiatives / regulations / schemes / measures in light of the current operational and regulatory regime of FB operations in four main areas, namely (i) in-vehicle devices and technologies, (ii) bus captain training, fatigue management and working environment, (iii) safety performance management, and (iv) road safety and bus-friendly measures;

(b) To strengthen the Government’s monitoring on the training for bus captains, and formulate a holistic strategy for the development of a structured training and accreditation framework for the FB industry with the training modules and syllabi accredited by TD or its authorised body;

(c) To oversee a comprehensive study on identification and management of fatigue driving of bus captains in the FB industry in Hong Kong and formulate a comprehensive strategy on fatigue identification and management of bus captains in the FB industry, with a view to continuously devising and overseeing the implementation of measures in relation to fatigue management, working hour guidelines and rest breaks for bus captains, and other health and well-being considerations of bus captains in the unique operating environment in Hong Kong so that FB operators could devise measures at the levels of bus fleets and individual bus captains;

(d) To review and initiate enhancement of the existing regulation on FB safety through legislative and/or franchise requirements; and

(e) To oversee the accident trends, safety performance of FBs and individual FB operators, identification of causes of accidents, and formulation and implementation of road safety and bus-friendly measures.