Unsafe Bus Operators * USA - Change Names, Keep Trucking
Bus operators which federal authorities have ordered to stop operating because of serious safety violations appear to be frequently "reincarnating" by changing their names and continuing to operate...
Chicago,ILL,USA -The Two Way, by Frank James -30 July 2009: ... endangering other travelers on the nation's highways... That's the conclusion of a Government Accountability Office report which found that many of these operators were so brazen, and federal oversight so lax, they didn't even bother to change their business addresses or phone numbers when they submitted new paperwork to the federal agency that oversees them, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration... The report acknowledges that ever since that accident, FMCSA has done more to try and catch these reincarnated bus operators using computer matching to find suspects... But still some operators fell through the cracks despite the agency's new efforts. Another excerpt from the report: "...We found two cases where FMCSA did not identify new motor coach carriers as reincarnations of companies it had ordered out of service and after the (new Passenger Carrier Vetting Process or PCVP) went into effect."... (By Tony Gutierrez / AP Photo - A Texas state trooper takes photographs at a bus accident scene on U.S. 75 North bound that killed at least 12 people early, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Sherman, Texas)Labels: dangerous companys
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