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Congressional Democrats Call for Improved Bus Inspections

National News • March 23, 2007
House Democrats called for better inspections and tougher standards for bus operators this week after the recent crash in Atlanta that left five college baseball players dead. In a House hearing ...

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Subject: RE: We've Got to Keep Our Children Safe

Posted On: March 23, 2007, 4:20 pm CDT
Posted By: K
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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!
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Democrats Reason
Mar 26, 2007, 12:12 pm
RE: We've Got to Keep Our Democrats Safe Gill Fin
Mar 24, 2007, 3:21 pm
RE: We've Got to Keep Our Children Safe K
Mar 23, 2007, 4:20 pm
We've Got to Keep Our Children Safe Rosie
Mar 23, 2007, 2:33 pm
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