NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SAFETY RECOMMENDATION, H-00-11

This safety recommendation, addressed to Mr. Peter J. Pantuso, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Bus Association, recommends that the American Bus Association: Advise its members of the facts and circumstances of the accident on June 20, 1998 near Burnt Cabins, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and encourage them, if they do not already do so, to 1) revise their driver scheduling practices to reduce scheduling variability that results in irregular work-rest cycles and to 2) include all traffic violations in their drivers' records and consider these violations during driver safety assessments (H-00-11).

• Record URL:
  http://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-recs/recletters/H00_11.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Transportation Safety Board

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20594
• Authors:
  • HALL, J
• Publication Date: 2000-1-14

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus drivers; Hours of labor; Intercity bus lines; Recommendations; Scheduling; Traffic violations
• Identifier Terms: American Bus Association
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver assessments
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796974
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 978
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 21 2000 12:00AM