The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced new measures to ensure that the safety of passengers travelling with the bus lines in our country. Secretary of transportation Ray LaHood has noted that new measures and requirements in place being given to ensure that the safety of passengers and monitor carriers and drivers, to ensure that they comply with federal regulations.

"The public deserves to know that if they get in any bus or vehicle, they their destination safely, will be delivered," LaHood said.

Some of the new measures include:

The US DOT now require a more stringent commercial driver's license (CDL) testing standards. new rules are to strengthen the carrier and driver compliance with Federal safety regulations are introduced.Consumer safety records are can display bus routes before booking a trip with them.FMCSA, will carry out with the help of local law enforcement agencies, surprise Motorcoach travel checks on popular destination spots during peak periods of travel.

Other requirements are created:

The FMCSA is now get each application for a CDL to first require a commercial driver of learner's permit (CLP).All State licensing agencies must use a CDL test system, the American Association of motor vehicle administrators CDL knowledge and skills standards is equivalent to.The agencies prohibit the use of foreign language interpreters for test purposes amounted to reduce. To determine whether new carrier come try "unsafe old in business not only", are operated under a new business name, it establishes federal standards.The US DOT proposes that new motorcoach company is a full security check get active before the U.S. DOT authority.Current law is revised so that a driver CDL can be suspended or revoked for drugs and alcohol-related offenses committed in every vehicle outside of work.If airlines try passenger, without US DOT operating authority, the penalties are increased to $2500 per day of $2,000 per day.

Consumers gain control

Consumers can now take you set up security in their own hands with the use of a Web site and system of FMCSA. The new bus passenger safety Web site: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/pcs/Index.aspx by consumers, who are planning a trip on a support of motorcoach accessed can be. There they find a pre-trip home safety checklist, consumers with details of a bus company safety record, crash test and U.S. DOT authority is active. First, check this information, consumers can now informed decisions about whether or not they want to buy a ticket and travel with that institution.

The FMCSA promotes also bus passengers an unsafe bus companies, vehicle or driver report to them through their hotline on the site listed. By the consumer with this type of information that helps to keep safe this passengers and also help, federal regulators has been the vehicle for their security responsible.

Bus accidents

The FMCSA has taken a back seat when it with these carriers the federal standards to. Comprehensive security evaluations and controls of almost 4,000 passenger bus companies in the country has nearly doubled in the last five years. The inspections numbered about 12,000 in 2005 took but 25,000 inspections in the year 2010. Compliance was promoted to reviews by almost 500 in 2005 over 1,000 in the year 2010.

Although the FMCSA appears to be his job, to do sometimes new policies, procedures and regulations take time to implement and enforce. In the meantime continue to bus accidents occur to our country. Only the last week here in Georgia, MARTA traveled bus 13 passengers in Atlanta hit head-on by a car in the wrong lane. While in this particular case the MARTA bus driver not guilt was, the accident raises more secure to any questions about the bus passengers make.  Most of the passengers in the crash of MARTA were injured, including a three-year-old girl. Security best practices for buses, such as secure Windows, stronger roofs, seat belts and better driving lessons and training have been pressing for over a decade. It is now time for security seriously taken, so that the safety of all passengers travelling.

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