SAFETY * USA - NTSB Removes School Bus Passenger Protection from 'Most Wanted List'
The school bus recommendation was specifically for reducing student injuries and deaths in frontal-, side- and rear-impact crashes
Washington,DC,USA -School Transpsortarion News, by Ryan Gray -18 February 2010: -- The National Transportation Safety Board cited sufficient response by the feds over the past two years in enhancing school bus passenger protection but said several safety issues are still outstanding when it comes to commercial vehicles... NTSB lauded a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requirement for three-point lap/shoulder seat belts in all Type A school buses manufactured after September 2011, similar specifications for voluntary lap/shoulder systems in larger buses and higher seat backs for school buses when reviewing its "Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements" today during a board meeting in Washington, D.C.... However, the NTSB Board said progress was lacking on a previously made recommendation to NHTSA that it increase motorcoach passenger protection. NTSB found that NHTSA has made insufficient progress in redesigning window emergency exits for easy egress, strengthening standards for bus roofs and protecting passenger from ejections by enhancing window glazing. It also said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been too slow in preventing registered motor carriers from operating motorcoaches with mechanical problems or in disallowing unqualified drivers from getting behind the wheel... NTSB also said FMCSA's response to requiring electronic onboard data recorders remains unacceptable despite proposing limited use of EOBRs. A final rule requiring EOBRs is still pending as it awaits approval at the Department of Transportation... (Photo: Tulare's School Buses) * Wiscosin - Recent crashes put focus on school bus safety - Design of vehicle among features that protect children
Green Bay,WIS,USA -Green Bay Press Gazette, by Paul Srubas -February 19, 2010: -- Two recent minor crashes involving Lamers school buses are no indication of unsafe or lax practices, and company officials say they work hard to maintain safety standards... One of Gilling's drivers was cited for inattentive driving earlier this month after the bus he was driving rear-ended a car on West Point Road in Green Bay... Another of the company's buses was involved in a minor accident Monday. The bus, with 36 children on board, slid on a snowy stretch of St. Pat's Drive while heading downhill into a tight turn and rolled to its side... Four students sustained minor injuries, but none needed hospitalization, according to the Brown County Sheriff's Department... In both cases, the company implemented its standard policy by suspending the drivers pending an investigation... (Photo by H. Marc Larson/Press-Gazette - A school bus crashed Monday near the intersection of St. Pat's Rd. and St. Pat's Drive in Suamico) Labels: passengers protection
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