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WASHINGTON - Eight years ago, the motorcoach industry told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration it would be a bad idea to issue formal regulations requiring safety briefings for passengers on private motorcoaches.
Instead, the industry asked the feds to issue guidelines for such safety briefings and leave it up to individual operators to decide what form and format to use to present the information to passengers. In the fall of 2007, the industry got exactly what it asked...
ASHBURN, Va. -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is developing the long-anticipated seatbelt rule for motorcoaches, also is studying a slew of other proposed rules that could significantly impact the industry, reports Matthew Daecher, president of Daecher Consulting of Camp Hill, Pa.
One rule under consideration would create motorcoach rollover structural integrity requirements. Another would develop test procedures for a standard on stability control systems...
Small Chicago operator gets quick, costly lesson in ADA compliance
CHICAGO - After tearing open the FedEx envelope that arrived at his office in mid-November and glancing over its contents, Ralph Kotwica was dumbfounded. What he had received was a single-page, five-sentence letter from the U.S. Justice Department, along with a five-page, 30-paragraph "settlement agreement under...
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Motorcoach operators who don't think it's necessary to comply with federal regulations for serving people with disabilities need to think again.
Not only are operators required to meet provisions of the Americans with Disability Act, but they can be severely penalized if they don't. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration appears to be stepping up enforcement of the regulations...
FERNDALE, Wash. - Airporter Shuttle, a private bus operator serving much of northwestern Washington state, has become an active participant in a program aimed at saving exotic birds of prey and helping aircraft using busy Sea-Tac International Airport avoid potentially dangerous bird strikes.
Participation in the effort not only has saved birds and reduced flying risks but it has resulted...
ASHBURN, Va. -- As the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration continues to implement its Compliance, Safety, Accountability initiative, safety managers who want to do their jobs properly should get online and dig into the vast quantities of safety information now available about their companies, says a long-time FMCSA official.
"There's an immense amount of data available to you and you...
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