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19.4.11

BUSES' INSPECTIONS * USA - buses feel heat of Federal safety crackdown

Washington,DC,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -Apr 13, 2011: -- Surprise inspections nationwide by a joint federal-state law enforcement “strike force” pulled 289 motor-coach buses and their drivers off the road for being unsafe in just one nine-day stretch. According to the Dept. of Transportation (DOT), the “coordinated enforcement strike force” of Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) inspectors working with state and local law-enforcement officers issued out-of-service violation citations to 156 drivers and 262 vehicles... Those violations were found amid 2,782 passenger-carrier safety inspections conducted between March 28 and April 6 as part of FMCSA’s ongoing effort to focus more closely on the safe operation of passenger buses... Earlier, from March 12 to March 28, an estimated 3,000 passenger carrier safety inspections were conducted across the country, noted DOT, resulting in nearly 300 passenger-carrier vehicles being put out of service that 17-day stretch... (Photo from usdotblog: FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro talks with safety inspector at Washington, DC, checkpoint near National Mall)

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