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A CDL and about 10 hours of training, and most school bus drivers are good to go under federal and Michigan law As a featured speaker at a legal conference for injury attorneys who litigate serious truck injury and bus accident cases, I pointed out how the Michigan school bus driver training regulations are set …
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The Michigan school bus traffic laws prohibit drivers from passing a school bus that is stopped and has its red lights flashing. Drivers must stop at least 20 feet away and cannot resume driving until the bus lights are turned off or the bus begins moving. Stop-arm cameras record drivers who unlawfully pass. Penalties range …
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In story on a national safety crisis for our children, CBS News asks: Shouldn’t school bus drivers be as safe as drivers transporting lettuce?
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s puzzling position on school bus safety, despite carrying our most precious cargo – our children If children are our “most precious cargo,” shouldn’t mandatory safety regulations that apply to other commercial vehicles like 18-wheelers also apply to school buses? I’d wager most people would say yes. If so, …
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Michigan Department of Transportation sees autonomous vehicles on our roads in the near future, but answers are still needed about crash risk and legal liability The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is pressing down on the accelerator and moving forward to bring fully autonomous cars onto our roads in Michigan. At a recent House …
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The low-cost coach travel option claims to be “safe” and “convenient,” but recent Megabus accidents are cause for safety, legal concerns Megabus touts itself as a bus service that can get passengers to more than 100 cities in the U.S. and even Canada — in a “safe, convenient” way and for very low prices. But …
NHTSA administrator announces: ‘ [E]very child on every school bus should have a three-point seat belt’ Children are our most precious “cargo” when we’re out on the roadways. Nice to see the nation’s top traffic safety organization now agrees, and after years of debate and some controversy (stemming from a 2006 position paper on seat …
Check for improper adjustment, and get out and look! Poor mirror adjustment is one of the top causes of bus and truck accidents involving lane changes and pedestrians. For instance, I appeared on Channel 4 News on the issue after a rash of SMART bus accidents in Metro Detroit last year. As I told the …
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House Bill 4020 proposes one seat belt per student; but NHTSA casts doubt on the need Should Michigan school buses be equipped with seat belts for each student? I’m a parent, and I’m also an attorney who’s been involved in many school bus accident and injury cases. I’ve deposed manufacturers of school buses and in …