Tour Bus Collides With Semi-Truck On I-85

Thank you for the update!

Wow! A body cast for three months!
Our prayers and well wishes to all involved.

Judi Kay

 

Not laying blame here...but rather an observation.

We've all seen these types of buses on the road. And too often, they're flying down the highway. Not all the time, but pretty regularly. They don't have nearly the regulatory restrictions we have as truckers. IF they were hauling pretty good, that would have affected the reaction time available to the driver.

But on the scale side, no way that should be allowed to come into play. Some states have signs that read "Ramp full at this point". Really should be a mandate. I know that when I hauled propane in the late 90s, we were instructed to NEVER pull in behind a line at a scale that was backed out into the road. Pass it, and we were caught and fined, the company would pay it.

I hope the Bowling family recovers well.

 

They are subject to the same rules that we are.

After a tour bus did not stop at a stop sign and sped directly through it into a house, the state beefed up the inspections on them when they were parked at the state park in the area.

They are not strictly targeted on the road where they should be though.

 

I wasn't aware of that. I was under the impression that those were nothing more than very expensive RVs, at least when it comes to regulations. Thanks for the info!

 

I am talking about the tour buses. You know, the ones that people come from Chicago and go to the sites around Springfield for instance. Not the tour buses that music groups use.

 

Ah, OK...that I knew. Yeah, they fly too...especially on the Jersey Turnpike!

 

Actually,these Tours buses are supposed to meet all Fed regulations also.They are commercial vehicles used to make a living.I know one group that was stopped back last year right after Christmas.The driver did not have a CDL,the bus did not have DOT registration and so on.The driver received almost 5 grand in tickets.Most of these groups pay a driver to drive,some,like myself have a CDL with experience,some don't have a CDL.Alot of the groups share the driving chores within the group and most have no CDL.i personally think that these buses need to be regulated ALOT more.There are ALOT of these buses running up and down the road,and they do wreck pretty often.I do know this particular bus was being driven by a new paid professional driver and he feels very bad about the wreck.At this time,I am unaware if the driver of the bus was ticketed or not.

 

My prayers and best wishes to the people involved in the accident.
Good to hear nobody lost their lives

 

Well its not always the bus drivers fault. In this case it was both drivers faults and also the bus company seeing as they refused to do the needed maintainence on the bus.
My cousin was one of the only people that lived that was sitting in the front of this bus. She almost didnt make it
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