Seeing a need for an analysis of the cause and prevention of motorcoach crashes, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has produced a Motorcoach Safety Action Plan. The DOT, along with the Federal Motor Carrier Trade Association and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, hope to decrease the number of fatalities, injuries and crashes by addressing areas […]
TheCalifornian.com released news that the California Highway Patrol has determined driver error as the cause of a bus accident that killed the driver and four French tourists on April 28, 2009. According to the report, bus driver John Egnew failed to properly negotiate a curving section of Highway 101, causing the bus to strike one […]
According to the DailyBreeze.com, on April 29, 2009, a tanker truck carrying over 8,000 gallons of flammable butane overturned on the San Diego Freeway. The accident occurred in the southbound lanes of the freeway shortly before midnight. Officials say that none of the butane carried by the tanker spilled, and clean-up crews have safely cleared […]
YahooNews.com reports that the driver of a tour bus who plunged over the side of a central California highway overpass had been involved in a previous injury accident while behind the wheel of a bus.According to the story, bus driver John Egnew struck a pedestrian while operating a bus for Weeks Enterprises in 2005. The […]
According to the Land Line Magazine, a 90-day ban on trucks is in effect for a stretch of California highway. The temporary ban on trucks went into effect on April 5, 2009. The ban comes in the wake of a deadly truck accident that left two people dead and twelve injured. On April 1, 2009, […]
The Los Angeles Times reports that a bus accident on I-80 west of Reno has claimed the life of one person and injured 27 others.Although this latest mishap on California’s highways only claimed a single life, bus accidents have the potential to injure or kill dozens of people in an instant. Each time a passenger […]
