Calling in sick to work makes me uncomfortable. No matter how legitimate my excuse, I always get the feeling that my boss thinks I'm lying. On one recent...
... <tovinman@y...> wrote: The fourth company in CCda is an airport operation based in Peterborough, the name of which escapes me at the moment. Jim, it's...
After hearing that the driver involved in the multiple fatal bus crash near Geneseo,NY is 24 years old, that seems to me to be awfully young to be driving a...
Ranger Jim - I take offense to your comments. I graduated from high school on a friday, 18 years old, and started training as a school bus driver for the...
Ranger Jim... I started to drive a GREYHOUND bus at age 24. I had 75 days of training...under the watchful eye of a driving instructor with a 36 year safety...
... Did they have buses that long ago Bob?????? ... I will agree.... and the Erie driver in question already had school bus experience. I have seen several...
What about the 60 something year old driver that crashed his bus into a highway embankment last year and killed something like 11 people? It was going from...
http://www.carthagepress.com/articles/2005/02/01/news/news2.txt Greyhound to end service to Carthage on Thursday By Dennis W. Sowers Of The Press Staff The...
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I got that same offense you did RJ. Ranger Jim I have you know I have 10 years plus of accident free miles because I started out as a schoolbus driver. With...
... When I was instructing for Edmonton Transit, we used to try and drill it into the trainees that there is a reason those windshields are so big... and to...
Oh, a few more things: At 60 MPH, you are travelling 150 feet per second. Allowing a five second reaction time means looking 750 feet ahead of the bus. A...
Bruce Dixon <coachpro@...> wrote: We always told trainees to do whatever they could to avoid an accident, but if it came down to hitting somebody who did...
Can you say the same thing about a 65 year old who has never drove a bus or semi and decides to drive a motor coach for a job??? It happens, but I have no...
Bruce Dixon <coachpro@...> wrote: We always told trainees to do whatever they could to avoid an accident, but if it came down to hitting somebody who did...
Jim... Minor correctioon. From my high school physics days, 60 MPH is equivalent to 88 feet per second. ... Oh, a few more things: At 60 MPH, you are...
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YOU WAIT AGES FOR A BUS SPOTTER THEN 250,000 COME ALL AT ONCE Feb 2 2005 SCOT'S BIZARRE WEBSITE WITH ENGINE NOISES AND FILMS IS WORLDWIDE HIT By Michael...
RJ, I would like to take that opportunity to explain how that works. Since my mother had passed, we had to make changes to stay in business because of certain...
February 2, 2005 - Crash bus owner says coach hit object in road The owner of the chartered bus that crashed near Geneseo, NY, killing four people, says he has...
February 2, 2005 - Canadian Bus driver arrested The driver of the bus that hit a tractor-trailer on Jan 29 killing four people and injuring 19 others has been...
Thanks for the followup, Paul. I am still not going to pass any judgement without hearing all of the facts. Four logbook violations may be for things as simple...
An interesting story. I too agree with Bruce. Wait and comment when all the facts are in. Living in Upstate New York, near Syracuse, I can relate to road and ...
Interesting indeed. The article mention that he is being charged under New York Transportation law for the logbook violations. I suspect the charges should...