CONTROLS * Canada - Angry words fly over buses
School buses across the province sat idle Thursday as provincial safety inspectors and mechanics scrutinized older units for safety risks
Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island,Canada -The Guardian, by TERESA WRIGHT -12 May 2008: -- ... But questions are being raised about why these inspections weren’t done sooner, especially after the provincial auditor general highlighted the need for structural inspections of older buses two years ago... Forty-one older buses were inspected and 10 were flagged with serious structural problems. Of those, seven were pulled out of service as “beyond repair... In fact, the current problems with the Island’s older buses were only uncovered when a mechanic in the Western School Board went beyond regular inspection routine and took apart a bus after discovering corrosion around a wheel well... (Photo by Heather Taweel by Guardian - Parents take their kids home from Glen Stewart elementary school in Stratford Thursday after all buses were off the road after some of the vehicles failed a safety inspection)Labels: safety measures
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