Mid-size buses: Backbones of many fleets
by Jessica Rohloff and Rick Stoff
“Sixty-eight percent of UMA members who share their fleet information have mini coaches and/or executive vans in their fleet,”…
Rural school district ignored its policy on driver disability. A student died.
The Riverside Community School District in Iowa had a policy requiring bus drivers to be medically cleared or pass a physical performance test. Nonetheless, it…
OSHA issues texting-and-driving warning
Another federal agency is warning about the dangers of driving while distracted, particularly while text-messaging on mobile devices.
Global factors tightening motorcoach insurance market
The insurance market for bus and motorcoach operators is under pressure from many sides. Many of the troublesome issues, such as tragedies encountered around the…
Airport charter regulations burden interstate commerce. Are they legal?
Federal regulations seem to prohibit state and local governments, such as airports, from regulating federally regulated passenger carriers engaged in interstate commerce. Specifically, charter motorcoach…
Log falsification is definitely a “big no-no,” jury confirms
“There is just no way an operator should be telling any driver what to put in his log book. I am shocked by his behavior.…
Driver’s incapacitating medical event ruled cause of Alabama crash
Driver incapacitation “due to an unknown medical event” has been declared the probable cause of a 2018 motorcoach crash near Loxley, Alabama. The driver was…
Jury sends clear message: falsify logs—you’ll pay
A jury has ordered two Texas trucking operators and their three companies to pay Lauro Lozano Jr. $80 million in damages after they ordered him…
