Deadly tour bus accident shows inadequate protective measures

20:21 Publicado por Mario Galarza

People visit Atlanta of the United States and routinely take to work around tour buses and see the city. Unfortunately after a serious car accident, run this tour bus company sometimes from marginal companies, only to disappear the next day as a new company re-emerge.

This bus company operate often without regulation or standard security practices, which may mean disastrous accidents, catastrophic injury and even wrongful death.

A tragic tour bus accident in New York last month, the 15 passengers killed shows the extent of the problem. The accident has the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to the investigation of the accident to determine whether the tragedy could have additional security measures prevented may instruct. The recent rash of such crashes in the national news reflects the extent of the problem. A tour bus crash with crashed a tour bus traveling from New York's Chinatown to Philadelphia on the New Jersey Turnpike two killed and injured occurred forty only three days after the crash of NYC. A serious tour bus crash in Wisconsin hours for the NYC tour bus accident.

Federal regulators have accepted associated with dubious tour bus companies, which are not regulated and work the inadequate safety precautions or supervision, the dangers for many years. A campaign to crackdown on "Chameleon" Ray LaHood, who transport Secretary, has Obama-administration include tour bus companies open to avoid regulation or consequences of accidents only to once again under a different name.

The tour bus driver in the NYC had incident go a lengthy criminal record including a June 2003 for the arrest warrant with a suspended license. He was also awarded aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and possession of a police scanner. Police records show that the driver also three crimes and two misdemeanors, including the pleading guilty to a charge homicide was charged with. In view of the driver to stay to criminal history, regarding what kind conducted by background check, when he was hired. Witnesses reportedly the driver seemed to be avoid from the track and can the wheel fell asleep at. Although he was required, a log monitoring rest breaks, it doesn't seem that his log was current.

The NHTSA is currently looking for because, to serious tour bus accidents in the wake of this sudden wave of fatal bus accidents to prevent. Some which include the following as security measures:

Installation of the collision warning SystemsImproved standards for bus roof StrengthUse of anti-ejection double-glazed Windows (, to keep passengers inside the vehicle in a collision) closer monitoring and regulation of the busing companies

A bus company is a common carrier, which means that it a high degree of care patrons debt. If a person in a Busing accident caused by driver, fatigue improper training or poor bus service violated, can an injured patron or in other vehicles or pedestrians have a right to compensation for their injuries. If you love you, or someone, the seriously when a tour bus accident have suffered the experienced Georgia work personal injury lawyers Montlick and Associates, attorneys at law, hard-working to the best possible result in your Georgia bus accident case to get. We will carefully study the background of the driver and the bus company's safety and maintenance records. We are committed to building in very Georgia a reputation as the best Atlanta personal injury lawyers.

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