Congressional Democrats Call for Improved Bus Inspections

March 23, 2007

  • March 23, 2007 at 3:33 am
    Rosie says:
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    I\’m heartened by this article. I\’ve been so concerned about the safety of our children ever since I first heard of the Atlanta bus tragedy. I\’m glad to see our fine Democratic Party Representatives share my concerns, even as the neo-con Repub hacks promote bus company profits over personal safety.

  • March 23, 2007 at 5:20 am
    K says:
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    You may be surprised to learn the bus and motorcoach industry welcomes additional oversight and feels there is much room to improve the safety record of the industry that has averaged 10 fatalities annually over the past thirty years. Of course 41,000 people died on our Nation\’s highways last year. That means bus and motorcoach represented .0002% of the Nation\’s highway fatalities last year. Important? Yes, definitely. Worthy of a Congressional hearing? Doubtful. Face it, the most danferous form of transportation in our Nation is the the family car. Now that is worth a Congressional hearing!

  • March 24, 2007 at 4:21 am
    Gill Fin says:
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    Too bad for botox Pelosi and her gilded ilk. This accident occurred because the carpool lane inexplicably goes up an off ramp and ends at the top of an overpass.
    They have built these types of confusing
    exchanges in my state, and even in the daylight the first time you encounter this type of EXIT its confusing. Just a matter of time until this faulty highway solution would cost lives. What was wrong with the bus? Nothing. That piece of equipment represents 100 years of automotive evolution, and does just what it was designed to do. That is, go where the operator points it.

  • March 26, 2007 at 1:12 am
    Reason says:
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    Too bad you can\’t visually tell that an axle bearing has not been properly lubed.

    While we\’re on the topic, I must add that Democrats are becoming about as useful as a pocket full of crooked sphincters. We only keep them around so we can watch them throw poop at people; kinda like the monkeys at the zoo.

    You know though, I\’ve got to give credit where credit is due. Even the monkeys are smart enough not to be affiliated with Hillary \”Univeral Waiting List; er, Health Care\” Clinton and Al \”The Sky is Falling\” Gore.



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