Both NHTSA and the FMSCA have yet to act upon a long list of motorcoach safety recommendations made by the NTSB, some dating back more than a decade.
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Read More →Lack of adequate sleep affected driver’s awareness of his vehicle's excessive speed and lane position on a downhill mountain grade of a rural secondary road.
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The new Premier, with lap-shoulder belts and exclusive SmartFrame technology, offers full compartmentalization protection in frontal crashes, even for unbelted passengers.
Read More →Contributing to the accident, was the relief engineer's failure to immediately communicate to the engineer that he had miscalled the signal at Englewood and to stop the train when the engineer did not respond to her expressed concern.
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New opportunities created by the Charter Bus Rules were also topics of discussion. Operators were urged to partner with local operators that have historically been looked at as the competition.
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Read More →Reiterates to NHTSA, the need for complete rulemaking on adaptive cruise control and collision warning system performance standards for new commercial vehicles and, after promulgating performance standards for collision warning systems for commercial vehicles, require that all new commercial vehicles be equipped with a collision warning system.
Read More →After inspecting the crash site, the investigators planned to head south to Kingman to evaluate the bus, according to AP reports.
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