National Transportation Safety Board Safety Recommendation: H-06-29

This safety recommendation, addressed to the motorcoach industry, public bus, and school bus associations and unions, addresses cellular telephone use while driving. The recommendation is derived from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation of a November 14, 2004, motorcoach collision with the Alexandria Avenue bridge overpass, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Alexandria, Virginia. The NTSB determined that the probable cause of this accident was the bus driver's failure to notice and respond to posted low-clearance warning signs and to the bridge itself due to cognitive distraction resulting from conversing on a hands-free cellular telephone while driving. The NTSB makes the following recommendation to the motorcoach industry, public bus, and school bus associations and unions: (H-06-29) Develop formal policies prohibiting cellular telephone use by commercial driver's license holders with a passenger-carrying or school bus endorsement, while driving under the authority of that endorsement, except in emergencies.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Authors:
  • Rosenker, Mark V
• Publication Date: 2006-11-30

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: 7p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus drivers; Buses; Cellular telephones; Commercial drivers; Crash causes; Recommendations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motorcoach industry
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01095880
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 2008 11:26AM