UMA Announces Candidates for Board of Directors
UMA Safety Seminar looks at ELDs and what’s next
For many bus and motorcoach operators, UMA’s Safety Management Seminar, December 6-7, has a great deal more urgency this year because of the approaching December…
Stephen Keppler departs Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
GREENBELT, Md. Stephen A. Keppler, executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance for the past five years, left the organization last month. Keppler…
Onboard video: Feds scratch surface, value runs deeper
RICHFIELD, Ohio Its not necessary to look any further than the smartphone in your pocket to know we live in an age where video…
NTSB offers tips on using onboard video systems
WASHINGTON The National Transportation Safety Board has issued recommendations about the proper use of onboard video systems by school buses and motorcoaches to make…
UMA announces program for Safety Management Seminar
ASHBURN, Va. — The United Motorcoach Association has announced the preliminary program and schedule for its 11th annual Safety Management Seminar to be held in…
Safety consultants . . . on the hell of being shut down
In todays compliance and safety game, there are no checked swings, do-overs, “gimme” putts, or mulligans. Ties do not go to the runner.
If…
Croc on board: Russian bus accident raises a few questions
MURMANSK, Russia On occasion, news articles seem to raise more questions than they answer.
An example of this conundrum occurred late last month…
Safety expert Norm Littler dies
WOODBRIDGE, Va. Norm Littler, a man who never owned a bus but who made the roads of North America safer and more pleasant for…
National Seating reduces role in bus/coach sector
VONORE, Tenn. One of the North American motorcoach industrys long-running and high-profile suppliers, National Seating, is substantially downsizing its involvement in the industry. Reports…