The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) each year creates a \u201cMost Wanted List.\u201d The list raises awareness of the Board’s top priorities in advocating for better transportation safety. The current Most Wanted List includes recommendations for increasing bus safety.<\/p>\n
Buses, by the numbers, are very safe. But because they carry large numbers of people \u2013 who often are not wearing seatbelts \u2013 a bus accident can result in many injuries or deaths.<\/p>\n
The NTSB pointed out that much attention has been focused on the protection of passengers from injury in the event of a crash. But in this report, the board shifts focus to avoiding bus crashes in the first place. In order to do this, we need better oversight of drivers by the bus companies and better oversight of the companies by the government, the NTSB says.<\/p>\n
Companies that operate buses should review a long and comprehensive driving history of potential new employees, (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) each year creates a \u201cMost Wanted List.\u201d The list raises awareness of the Board’s top priorities in advocating for better transportation safety. The current Most Wanted List includes recommendations for increasing bus safety. Buses,…<\/span><\/p>\n