June 27, 2014
Federal regulators have ordered a Twin Cities charter bus company off the road. The order is part of a crackdown on bus crashes by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. On Eagles Wings Charters, of Lakeville, has been shut down …
March 17, 2014
Utah-based passenger carrier Serv-A-Bus, LLC, USDOT No. 1161287, has been declared an imminent hazard to public safety and has been ordered to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate passenger transportation operations, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor …
March 17, 2014
Connecticut-licensed motorcoach driver Terence W. Slowther has been deemed an imminent hazard to public safety and has been ordered not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety …
January 17, 2014
Frustrated by unsafe truck and bus operators that evade U.S. orders to get off the road, U.S. regulators are assuming new powers to punish companies and executives that most flagrantly flout safety rules. Regulations to be posted today will enable …
December 13, 2013
Federal bus safety regulators announced that they have shut down 52 companies in what they describe as a major nationwide crackdown on unsafe carriers. Here is a state-by-state list of 49 companies that were shut down by the U.S. Department …
November 26, 2013
Safety investigators for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have ordered Phoenix-based Autobuses Rayon, Inc., USDOT No. 2011920, to immediately cease all passenger transportation operations after finding that the company was endangering the traveling public …
November 8, 2013
U.S. bus regulators are overlooking or not catching serious safety hazards before fatal crashes and need to change their auditing practices, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration repeatedly has known about deficiencies before …
November 6, 2013
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a Cherryville, N.C.-based trucking company, owned by Rocky Lee Brown and doing business as Moonlight Express, USDOT No. 2403330, to immediately cease operations, declaring the company to …
September 26, 2013
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Laredo, Texas-based REDCO Transport, Ltd., USDOT No. 1670585, to immediately cease its trucking operations, declaring the company to be an imminent hazard to public safety. REDCO operates …
August 27, 2013
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has begun a two-week strike force of passenger bus safety inspections across the country, part of the agency’s Motorcoach Safety Initiative to remove high-risk buses and drivers from our …