Bus Companies Stepping To The Plate And Greyhound Announces Installation Of Lap And Shoulder Seat Belts On New Buses
As an experienced bus accident attorney for the last 32 years, this winter brought to light just how dangerous bus travel can be. Our office is representing the interests of several catastrophically injured people who were involved in a New Jersey Turnpike accident last month which also killed a 21-year old Montgomery County, Pennsylvania man. State and Federal regulators have placed bus safety square in their spotlights. The Feds have shut down Super Luxury Tours of Wilkes Barre, PA. Our investigators have incurred a spider webs of confusion and misrepresentations on behalf of the many tour bus operators. As I have noted before, one generally assumes that bus travel is one of the safest means of transportation, but unfortunately, this is not the case when operators take short cuts on safety and maintenance. The U.S. Department of Transportation claims it is committed to improving tour bus safety records requiring higher standards of safety and controls for coaches and buses. The Greyhound Line, the nation’s largest intercity operator, recently announced that it would begin installing lap and shoulder seat belts on all its new buses.
Recently a federal court in Sacramento, California ruled that Greyhound could be held liable for failing to put seat belts on its buses. The case where 8 passengers traveling on a Greyhound bus were injured in a rollover accident on the I-5 freeway. Greyhound’s action to equip their new buses with seat belts represent a safety breakthrough, and we salute the concern for safety as the federal government does not yet require seat belts on large buses.
