Research * USA - Shows Charter Buses Dangerous
A charter bus or a school bus -- which one do you think is the safer choice for a school road trip?Houston,TX,USA -KPRC Local/Click 2/Houston.com, by Amy Davis -August 31, 2007: -- ... They now believe their girls would have been safer riding in a school bus instead of charter bus. They've launched a campaign to convince Texas schools not to use charter buses and motor coaches until significant safety changes are made. And they're not alone... Jim Hall, former director National Transportation Safety Board, in Washington, D.C., led a charter bus safety study back in 1999 urging new standards like seat belts, rollover roof protection and safety windows for all charter buses... Hall says little or nothing has changed... The United Motor Coach Association, which represents more than 800 bus companies nationwide, says its buses are safe in both design and in travel... Unlike school buses, the government has not done any crash tests on charter buses in 30 years... Just this month, the federal government announced this plan to address charter bus safety... (Images: By Gene Blythe/AP - Emergency officials work at the scene of the charter bus crash Friday on I-75 outside Atlanta)
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