Bus driver charged in crash
A school bus driver has been charged after an October crash that left 17 children and four adults injured.
Donna Mundy Link, 56, was charged…
Speeding through a work zone? Watch your mail
Forget those great excuses. Under a proposed law, police in Virginia could for the first time issue tickets to speeding motorists without pulling them over.
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Dropped thermos may be crash culprit
Federal investigators ruled out all possible driver and vehicle factors in the 2017 fatal collision of a motorcoach and transit bus in Flushing, New York.…
Motorcoach operators feeling ramifications of deadly NY limo crash
The fatal October crash of a stretch limousine in New York has produced an enforcement crackdown on all passenger carriers, a tug-of-war between state and…
FMCSA suspends sentenced Alabama chiropractor and medical assistant
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has suspended members of an Alabama chiropractic firm for their part in a scheme to falsify DOT-mandated physical examinations…
Drugs and Drivers: 4 troublesome scenarios and how to handle them
Drugs are on the mind of motorcoach operators for a variety of reasons—most compelling because of statistics that the connection between drug use (even prescription…
Meet some next-generation travel industry leaders
Five industry leaders who took the stage to pick up industry awards during the UMA EXPO in January stood out for their age—as well as…
FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Planner: Three things to know about the interactive tool
For years, charter and tour operators have relied on “A Motor Carrier’s Guide to Improving Highway Safety” to understand Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs)…
Clean up for a spotless reputation
Keeping buses clean is vital, not only for a company’s public image, but from a safety standpoint as well. The job, though, of washing buses…
Cyber breaches: It’s a matter of ‘when’
There are two types of companies out there—“Those that have been hacked and those that will be hacked.”
That’s the blunt point of view of…