I recently wrote about the tragic Sherman bus crash that occurred last Friday. Now we can add two other major bus crashes to the list. On Thursday, August 7th, a bus carrying workers to a casino in Primm, Nevada drove off a freeway, crashed into a guardrail and caught fire. At least 25 people were injured, with three in critical condition. On Sunday, August 10th, a Harrah’s Casino bus was carrying 43 people from Tunica, Mississippi to the airport when it flipped over into a median at an intersection in Tunica, Mississippi. Three women were killed and 27 others were hospitalized.
Despite the fact that 52 people died in passenger bus accidents in the past six year in Texas alone, not much has been done in the way of reform. However, new legislation has been proposed since the recent rash of bus accidents. On Monday in Washington, Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued statements called for the passa...
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Srinagar, October 23 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the High Court has quashed the detention order of five persons, booked under draconian Public Safety Act (PSA), and asked authorities to set them free forthwith.
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Srinagar, Oct 23: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Political Party (PPP) Chairman Hilal Ahmad War, detained under Public Safety Act (PSA) has been shifted to Police Control Room (PCR) hospital in a serious condition.
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A Fort Covington man facing sex abuse charges in St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties remains in federal custody in Syracuse as a fugitive from justice.
67 year old Patrick Romeo, a convicted sex offender and retired teacher in the state of California, was picked up by federal marshals for violating California’s Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. ... more
Minnesota State Rep. Jim Oberstar on Oct. 26 criticized the National Transportation Safety Board after a published report said investigators for the agency have determined an original design flaw is t... more
Aviation officials are not acting quickly enough on proposals to prevent crashes of emergency medical helicopters, according to a national safety commission.... more
AP, 10/29/08 (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gDwjSDpUyzOhH7OIHuMHI6PNeZsQD943OPVG0)
Responding to a spate of fatal emergency medical helicopter accidents, a federal safety panel said Tuesday aviation officials are not acting quickly enough on proposals to prevent crashes.
The five-member National Transportation Safety Board in January 2006 urged the Federal Aviation Administration to take a series of steps to improve the safety of [...]... more
This is National Teen Driver Safety Week and it couldn’t come at a better time. This is the time of year that many young drivers are faced with a number of distractions such as Homecoming and senior dances. On a personal level it’s hitting very close to home because my 16-year-old son just got his license this past Friday and I am scared to death. I say a prayer every time I know that he is going out somewhere on his own that he will remain focused, that the desire to find a “... more
Dallas, TX - November 6, 2008 - Central Freight Lines, Inc. is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the American Trucking Associations, Inc. (ATA) President’s Trophy for 2008.
The highest transportation safety award in the United States, the President’s Trophy, is presented annually to only three motor carriers, in one of three categories: under 25 million miles, 25-100 million miles, and over 100 million miles driven annually. Central receives this hono... more
Railway workers simulate a response to a hazardous chemical spill during a training class at the National Labor College.
More than 180,000 pounds of highly toxic materials are transported on America’s rails every day. Though some railway workers have been trained in handling these materials safely, thousands more still lack even the basic training needed. That’s about to change through an ambitious training pr... more
MINNEAPOLIS -- Rep. Jim Oberstar on Sunday criticized the National Transportation Safety Board after a published report said investigators for the agency have determined an original design flaw is the likeliest rea... more
The National Transportation Safety Board has updated its "most wanted list" for safety improvements for aviation, railroads and highways. Here are the aviation items:
1. Improve the safety of emergency medical services flights . With several accidents recently involving medical evacuation helicopters, that’s timely. The NTSB notes that in the last 11 months, there have been nine such accidents with 35 fatalities.
2. Improve runway sa fety. The NTSB wants a number of improvements, in... more
Crashing the economy should not be electable; 9-11, Transportation Safety Act Sabotage, anthrax ???!, not for even for a full first term. Is the... more
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to take a case involving a Juneau, Alaska high school student who was suspended for ten days for allegedly "disrupting" a school function by unfurling a 14-foot-long banner that read: "BONG HITS FOR JESUS" Frederick... ... more
It is no secret that I am not a fan of Mel Gibson. I can count on one hand the list of people that I have never met but just the sound of their name in itself causes my blood... ... more
Recently D Magazine’s Front Burner ran a blog (which has mysteriously disappeared) that criticized the FBI for its handling of the case of a University of Texas at Dallas student and two Houston residents who were arrested and indicted on... ... more
I thought I was going to stay out of the fray up in Farmers Branch, Texas, but I just can’t do it anymore. First, let me give you some background. I know Tim O’Hare. Months ago, Tim O’Hare came to... ... more
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