Thursday, June 12, 2008

6-12-08

Rap for bus service
ic Wales - United Kingdom
A BUS company has been told to clean up its act for providing “dreadful” and “unacceptable” services to passengers in
South Wales. ...
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Two DART drivers fired, records show
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
By CLARK KAUFFMAN • ckauffman@dmreg.com • June 12, 2008 Two more Des Moines bus drivers have been fired after being accused of causing multiple accidents. ...
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Stagecoach held up by roadworks, as Valleys bus service branded ...
ic Wales - United Kingdom
Stagecoach yesterday blamed the string of failures on roadworks, congestion in
Cardiff and Newport city centres and accidents. The A465 Heads of the Valleys ...
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ELMWOOD PARK
Chicago Tribune - United States
Despite 45 accidents and seven fatalities at the crossing since 1956, the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois Commerce Commission have ...
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Four killed,11 injured in matador crash
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
Police said that driver of the bus fled away after leaving his bus on the spot. In another accident, an on-duty traffic constable, Mr Abhijit Das was hit by ...
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Bus knocks down schoolgirl
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
One of the local residents said: “Accidents take place often on
Krishnagar-Nabadwip Road. Few days back, four persons were killed in separate accidents on ...
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Road accidents kill 4
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Our correspondent in Magura reports: A man was killed and 25 others were injured when a passenger bus fell into a roadside ditch at Kadamtala on ...
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Elmwood Pk. crossing's luck will 'run out'
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
There have been been 45 accidents there between 1956 and 2005, resulting in seven fatalities. IDOT conducted a feasibility study to look at grade separation ...
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Fatal bus accident, again
By Yein Jee
The governmnet had vowed to tackle the frequent bus accidents since the Bukit Gantang crash in August 2007, but I don’t see much happening to be frank… buses with abundance of summonses are still allowed on the road; and people who ...
Malaysia Social Politics - http://yeinjee.com/malaysia

CTA Helps Crackdown On Bus Stop Parking
By Mike Brockway
“Vehicles that obstruct bus stops increase the potential for traffic accidents and put CTA customers at risk as they board or alight the bus,” said CTA President Ron Huberman. He said parked and standing cars also can delay service as ...
theexpiredmeter.com - http://theexpiredmeter.com

Why do any one need a helmet?
By --xh--(--xh--)
I saw a BMTC bus breaking the one-way and coming in my lane, and the suddenly, I saw a bike and the rider flying across the road - hardly 20 - 30 mtr ahead of me. I still don’t know how it happened - may be the bike guy misjudged the ...
Tales of a Lone Wolf - http://xhtheexperthand.blogspot.com/

Funny Quotes.
By Rahul
Children in backseats cause accidents - Accidents in backseats cause children. “Your future depends on your dreams” - So go to sleep. There should be a better way to start a day - Than waking up every morning ...
Funny SMS - http://funnysms.co.in

ODowd calls on Dublin Bus to release Wellington Quay Crash Report
All accidents involving fatalities must be independently investigated.
Finegael: Breaking News - http://www.finegael.ie

Police say Maplewood girl made up story of attempted abduction
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
"When we get incidents like this, it's generally for attention," Thomalla said. "I'm not sure what kind of attention. But it's often for attention. ...
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Teen Beaten By Classmates On Milwaukee County Bus
WISN.com - Milwaukee,WI,USA
Clarke said the tape of the beating last Thursday turned up in a review of security incidents on the transit system. He said the transit security contractor ...
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Changes coming to IPS bus transportation
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Hedges says she'd call to report it incidents but is told to call another number. "We would call IPS, director of transportation, they would say that bus ...
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Roadlink hits out at Cele
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
“If one looks at the kilometres that we travel and the number of incidents that we have, it would be obvious that we are a safe bus company. ...
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School bus driver in Quebec charged with abusing young passengers
CanadaEast.com - Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada
Authorities say a group of three students under the age of 14 came forward about a half-dozen alleged incidents between September 2007 and last March. ...
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Bus drivers tired of blame game
Metro Canada - Ottawa - Ottawa,Canada
“How are they going to do it on the bus?”
Ottawa lawyer Terrance Green, who is legally blind, filed a complaint over two incidents last year after drivers ...
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Lincoln City
By Hank Nuwer
David Martin, called the incident “inappropriate horseplay on the bus,” and confirmed that the boys who attacked the other students were suspended and removed from the team for “unsportsmanlike conduct.” Martin said that since there was ...
Hazing Blog: News Results for... - http://www.hanknuwer.com/blog

Daily Crime Incidents for June 04, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On
02/06/2008 at 2215 hrs at Bappanadu junction at Bappanadu village Mangalore one Suresh Hedge driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-01-C-8642 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and dashed against a Maxi cab bearing Reg. No. ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Miss a Train, Catch a Bus
By 295bus(295bus)
Why not take the train there and the bus back? Or if one of CalTrain's "unfortunate incidents" interrupts your evening commute, and your trip isn't too long, why not head over to a bus stop? It might be quicker than waiting three hours ...
295bus - http://295bus.blogspot.com/

8:06 PM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, White Pine Dr
Traffic is traveling at 30 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 91.2; White Pine Dr.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Harbinger of Disaster
By Matt
(I wish I could describe the characteristic of the bus driver’s laugh in response, but words fail me, but know this: it haunts me still.) A scarier incident happened only recently at the Dhoby Ghaut interchange. ...
Musings - http://chekyang.com/musings

Winwick Road bus lane to be scrapped
Widnes and Runcorn World - UK
By Gareth Dunning A BUS lane blamed for a surge of accidents on
Winwick Road is to be scrapped. A tense meeting of the traffic committee on Wednesday night ...
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Officials say that 22 die after bus collides with truck in ...
660 News - Calgary,AB,Canada
The news agency says the bus hit a truck in
Shanxi province. Two people were injured and are receiving medical treatment after the accident early Tuesday ...
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22 die after bus collides with truck in northern China
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
No other details were available. Road accidents are common in
China because of overloaded and unsafe vehicles, poor road conditions and bad driving habits.
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TPD checking for truck and bus safety
FOX11AZ.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... The Tucson Police Department is participating in “Roadcheck 2008,” a nationwide campaign aimed at preventing truck and bus accidents and saving lives. ...
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Bystanders shun bus hit-and-run victim
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Residents and shopkeepers said accidents were frequent on this road. “Buses try to power their way ahead. If two of them take the bus bay, four others don’t ...
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So what was that fuss about?
By Aman Sethi
Road
safety experts point out that a majority of accidents occur due to the presence of bicycles and pedestrians in the bus lane. By putting buses and pedestrians on opposite sides of the road, the BRTS reduces to reduce such accidents. ...
Kafila - http://kafila.org

Of Planes and Rain and Atomic Alerts
By Jeremy(Jeremy)
6) I am the bringer of nuclear accidents - there was a coolant leak at a nuclear power plant in
Slovenia. When something like that happens, an alert scrolls across the bottom of the television screen - which is fun, if your German is ...
Singularity - http://gravitywave.blogspot.com/

Wisconsin school bus collides with semi trailer
By Michael L. Neff(Michael L. Neff)
With more trucks on the road than ever, we’re also seeing more truck accidents than ever before. According to the Associated Press, last week a semi slammed into the back of a school bus that had stopped to drop off students along a ...
Michael Neff's Blog - http://www.mlnlaw.com/blog.html

Awesome Journeys
By AmitL(AmitL)
My last memory of travelling between Ahmedabad and
Baroda is of the bumpiest of rides, with lots of diversions, and accidents on the way. We reached Baroda in the record time of just under an hour. Anyway, so, we entered good ole Baroda ...
Some Sizzling Scintillating Speculations - http://amitsmusings.blogspot.com/

Elderly couple evicted from government house
Chandigarh Tribune - India
New permit to Blueline bus in
Delhi has been banned. The government has planned to issue tenders inviting big business houses to drive buses on Delhi roads. ...
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Your Gateway to Delhi
By Mayank Austen Soofi(Mayank Austen Soofi)
Reflective getaway from the city’s chaos and confusion; by Mayank Austen Soofi Viewpoint – Mrs. Sheila Dikshit’s Blueline Blues Here's why Delhi Chief Minister would rather walk than board a city bus; by Mayank Austen Soofi ...
The Delhi Walla - http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

French bus driver charged in fatal crash
The Associated Press -
ANNECY, France (AP) — A French judicial official says preliminary manslaughter charges have been filed against a bus driver involved in an accident that ...
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More are getting on board the bus
Indianapolis Star - United States
By John Tuohy Thanks to soaring gasoline prices, ridership on the Fishers Express bus to Downtown Indianapolis has more than tripled since its launch in ...
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Residents Request Expanded Bus Routes
Washington Post - United States
Northern Prince George's County residents say bus routes and service should be expanded, not cut, as proposed in a county transit plan. ...
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Schoolboy dies in Qld bus-train crash
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A south-west
Queensland community is mourning the loss of a six-year-old boy killed in a collision between a mini-bus and a loaded coal train. ...
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No room under bus
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
Did Ken just throw me under the bus? No, the media did not blow this up. Yes, Guillen is the one who said Sunday that he expected Williams would make roster ...
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IPS vows to improve bus system
Indianapolis Star - United States
The district, he said, no longer will point fingers at its bus contractor, First Student, as the two create one complaint hotline and take a collaborative ...
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Chandler may expand bus route from Tempe
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Route 72 on
Rural Road and Route 81 on Dobson Road and McClintock Drive are currently the only Chandler-to-Tempe bus options. Chandler also is in early ...
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Things about UJC you can find out on a bus: Federations balking at ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA
But Lodge, who has been on a bus with the Fundermentalist for three days, said that the federations have been slow to react. As of yet, they have given ...
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Woman Convicted in Bus Stop Crash That Hurt 4
Washington Post - United States
A 30-year-old woman was convicted of felony hit-and-run yesterday, after she drove into a crowd at a bus stop in
Charles County last June, injuring four ...
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Warning after medication lost on bus in Leicester
Leicestershire Constabulary has issued a warning after medication was lost on a bus.
Leicestershire Constabulary - News - http://www.leics.police.uk/

Woman Dies Hit by Bus in Sofia
A young woman died early on Thursday after she was hit by a public transport bus on a busy intersection downtown Sofia. The tragic incident happened when the bus was making a right turn on Vasil Levski boulevard in the capital. ...
Sofia News Agency (novinite.com) - http://www.novinite.com/

Fake bus stop
By dom(dom)
They know the green and yellow bus sign and remember that waiting there means they will go home.” The result is that errant patients now wait for their trip home at the bus stop, before quickly forgetting why they were there in the ...
- http://domsweirdnews.blogspot.com/

Brighton and Hove bus strike looks likely
A bus strike in Brighton and Hove is looking inevitable after a final offer was rejected by drivers.
The Argus | Local news - http://www.theargus.co.uk

You can't board my bus
A DISABLED man from Weaverham has slammed a bus company after a driver told him to wait for another bus because prams were taking up space for his wheelchair.
Northwich Guardian | Latest news - http://www.northwichguardian.co.uk

Storm's Impact on Traffic and Transit
Washington Post - United States
-- MARC's Brunswick Line is knocked out all day, but MARC hopes to restore service on Friday, Maryland Transportation Secretary John Porcari said this ...
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Foulger-Pratt Contracting to build Silver Spring Transit Center
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Montgomery County has selected Foulger-Pratt Contracting to construct the new Silver Spring Transit Center. The transit center will be a new three-story, ...
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Granholm praises Bay City's GoTo Transport during visit
MLive.com - MI,USA
She said TransIT Solutions has many "crazy smart people" doing "cool, dynamic and innovate work" at the company. The expansion will help attract more young ...
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$2 million study into mass-transit solution for inner Brisbane
NEWS.com.au - Australia
BRISBANE'S inner-city residents could finally get a mass-transit system linking Newstead to West End. The State Government and the Brisbane City Council ...
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Oakland at-large candidates work on runoff
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Less than 24 hours after the polls closed, Oakland school board member Kerry Hamill and AC Transit director Rebecca Kaplan were planning Wednesday for their ...
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Seniors need better public transit
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
The lack of adequate public transportation is one of the biggest difficulties facing seniors in the West Island, according to a new study by West Island ...
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City approves public transit fare increases of 26 percent
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
The City Council has approved an average increase of 26 percent for public transportation fares in Jakarta. The secretary of Commission B on the economy, ...
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Laval to cut transit fares on smog days
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
MONTREAL - The Laval Transit Corp. is cutting its fares on smog days to try to entice drivers to stay off the road. When the air is thick with smog, ...
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NJ transit agencies end free rides for former officials
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
TRENTON, NJ - The free ride is over for dozens of former NJ Transit and New Jersey Turnpike Authority officials. State Transportation Commissioner Kris ...
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Mass transit demand rises, costs soar
By Leanan(Paul Laudanski (mailto:admin@peakoil.com))
Fuel prices and smaller government subsidies are squeezing transit budgets.
NEW YORK - In Seattle, transportation officials plan to add to their daily schedule another three round-trip trains to nearby Tacoma. ...
Peak Oil News - http://www.peakoil.com

NJ Transit Ends Free Rides for Former Officials
State Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri said Wednesday that NJ Transit has asked 49 former board members and executives to turn in passes that have allowed them to ride...
New York, NY News RSS Feed - YourStreet - http://www.yourstreet.com/new-york-ny

Toronto Transit mulls staff drug tests
(US) The Toronto Transit Commission is considering mandatory drug testing for staff after marijuana was found in the blood of a worker killed last year. (Thu Jun 05 05:18:42 2008 PDT)[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(70%), ...
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Transit companies call for funds
Looks like drivers aren't the only people feeling the pain of high gas prices. Local public transportation companies statewide are suffering as well.
Capital News 9 Top Stories - http://capitalnews9.com

NJ transit agencies end free rides for former officials
TRENTON, NJ - The free ride is over for dozens of former NJ Transit and New Jersey Turnpike Authority officials.
New Jersey News Headlines from... - http://www.phillyburbs.com/

Port St. Lucie kids near bus stops approached by strangers in 4th ...
TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
LUCIE — A Wednesday incident in which a man and a woman in a white car approached two boys in the western part of the city bears similarities to incidents ...
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4 teens arrested, 5th sought for beating on Milwaukee bus
Chicago Tribune - United States
The sheriff says the incident was discovered in a review of security incidents on the transmit system. Clarke says the transit security contractor, ...
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LTTE looks for Indian intervention
Daily Mirror - Colombo,Western,Sri Lanka
Considering past incidents whenever a bomb blast took place killing civilians in uncleared areas, the LTTE had carried out deadly bomb attacks targeting ...
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Two Men Scale New York Times Building in Separate Incidents
myfoxny.com - New York,NY,USA
COM -- Two men in separate incidents scaled the 52-story office tower in Midtown that houses the New York Times. Just hours after the French activist Alain ...
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‘Get taxis out of bus lanes’
Oxford Mail - Oxford,England,UK
... has started to log incidents to try to get Oxfordshire County Council to reverse its decision to let the city's 357 private hire drivers use bus lanes. ...
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BUS STONED BY THUGS
Southwark News - London,UK
The TFL spokesperson concluded: "There were two reported incidents of youths throwing missiles at route 381 buses in service as they travelled along ...
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The Truro Daily News
Truro Daily News - Truro,Nova Scotia,Canada
When an incident does occur, he said, it is extremely difficult for bus drivers to collect all the necessary information, such as the make, model and colour ...
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Newly-weds found dead
Daily Nation - Nairobi,Kenya
In another incident, a manager with Citi Hoppa bus company was shot dead by gangsters at the Ongata Rongai bus terminus on Thursday around
8pm. ...
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Sri Lanka
By Global Security News
Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents :
Sri Lanka more info GlobalIncidentMap.com provides details of this incident . To view full incident details you will need to click on the above link.
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Bus Stations/ Bus Security/ Bus Related Incidents : Sri Lanka
Incident ID 9177 : To view full incident details click on the link above.
Global Incident Map - http://www.globalincidentmap.com

12:02 AM, I-40 W, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, Boiling St
Traffic is traveling at 26 MPH at: US 70 BUS W; MM 94.4; Boiling St.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents for the... - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

How Safe is Fleet Walk?
By David(David)
A couple of incidents today, what you would call close encounters of the very near miss kind got me thinking about other close calls I have had over the years. It was the fact that in the space of a few hours I had to brake hard to ...
busdriving - http://busdriving.blogspot.com/

Busy in the office
By David Linden(David Linden)
Upon meeting people I enjoy talking about politics and current affairs - I enjoy getting in the taxi, waiting at the bus stop or sitting on the bus and having a good chat to a stranger about whats going on in Scotland today - I've come ...
david linden - http://davidlindensnp.blogspot.com/

Southbound Jelapang traffic pay toll at new booths
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
The last accident on Dec 11 last year killed eight people and injured 14 others when a bus rammed into the back of a tanker. ...
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French train crash kills 7 children
The Associated Press -
... and that investigations were under way to find out the cause of the accident. The drivers of both the bus and train were in shock, gendarmes said. ...
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Emergency Drill Tests Response
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
5--A school bus accident is bad enough but add to the mix a tanker truck full of hazardous chemicals well outside of the city but in an area with large ...
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DU student among 6 killed in road accidents
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Police said the first accident took place at Chandipur at around
9:15am on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus hit a private car, ...
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NTSB Chairman Speaks to New Jersey Motorcoach Association
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
Mr. Rosenker spoke ofa bus accident which occurred after a bus driver neglected to move to the center lane and struck the lower part of an overpass in the ...
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Fatal bus-truck collision caused by overtaking
Xinhua - China
TAIYUAN, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A bus-truck collision in the northern Shanxi Province that left 22 dead and injured two was caused by an illegal overtaking by ...
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Alcohol, DUI, and Bus Accidents
By Legal Articles from EzineArticles.com
It's not new information to most people that alcohol and driving is a bad combination. There are enough television ads, educational initiatives, and outreach/rehabilitation programs to inform most people of the dangers of drinking and ...
Kazio Kazio - http://www.kazio.gh4sp.com

Seattle Sound Transit bus accident on I-5, bus driver injured
We represent people with serious personal injuries received in car accidents, bus accidents and trucking accidents. We work for our clients to insure they receive just compensation for their damages including pain and suffering. ...
Washington Injury Attorney Blog - http://www.washingtoninjuryattorneyblog.com/

Transportation Group Calls For School Bus Safety Improvements
By admin
The state annually sets aside $400000 for school-bus-driver safety training through the Education Department and a database of accidents. In 2007-08, more than $159000 of the total was not spent, said Peter Mannella, executive director ...
China Info Blog - http://www.chinainfoblog.com

NTSB Chairman Speaks to New Jersey Motorcoach Association
By Sandy Grinnell
Rosenker spoke ofa bus accident which occurred after a bus driver neglected to move to the center lane and struck the lower part of an overpass in the outside lane while talking on a cell phone headset. The NTSB recommended that bus ...
InjuryBoard Local Blogs - http://www.injuryboard.com/regional-blogs/

When Do We Remember Him?
By Master J(Master J)
I mean, many of us take the bus to and from Kuantan to get to campus and back home. Accidents like this could happen to any of us. Anything could cause an accident on that windy bendy twisting road on the hills. Bus could have a problem ...
A Little Reminder.. - http://alittlereminder.blogspot.com/

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