Showing posts with label seat belts on school buses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seat belts on school buses. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Monday, November 5, 2018
NBC4 BREAK - school bus and dump truck collide on Norbeck Road in Silver Spring.
Huge damage to the front of this school bus - luckily no one hurt more seriously @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/5gqvaarJzf— Adam Tuss (@AdamTuss) November 5, 2018
Monday, October 22, 2018
Two MCPS School Buses Hit After Truck Runs Red Light
Several people, including students, were transported to local hospitals after a truck ran a red light and crashed into a school bus on Monday morning in Germantown. The incident occurred at about 8:40 am on Monday, Oct. 22 at the intersection of Frederick Road and Gunners Branch Road.
According to police, the Montgomery County Public Schools bus was making a left turn on to Frederick Avenue/MD-355, leaving the Fox Chapel shopping center at the traffic light when a roll-off truck traveling northbound on MD-355 ran the red light and struck the bus. The bus was spun around forced back into the northbound lanes where it struck an SUV which was pushed into a second MCPS bus...
3rd Kids with Special Needs Bus Accident in One Week
GERMANTOWN, MD — Several people were injured in a three-vehicle crash in Germantown Monday morning, according to the Montgomery County Police Department. The incident — which involved a special needs school bus, truck, and a passenger car — occurred at around 8:40 a.m. at Gunners Branch Road and Frederick Road.
Pete Piringer, chief spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said seven patients were taken to various hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The patients include two children riding the school bus and five adults...
Another MCPS School Bus Accident
BREAKING: @WDVMTV at Gunners Branch and Frederick Road. @MCPS bus still being worked on. Several students injured. pic.twitter.com/QfLe9h4zQC— Michael Gordon (@MichaelGordonTV) October 22, 2018
Monday, October 15, 2018
@WTOPtraffic @nbcwashington ICC WB past 29 school bus crash
More 600blk University Blvd. E., near Piney Branch Road, collision involving occupied school bus #SpecialEducation
600blk University Blvd. E., near Piney Branch Road, collision involving occupied school bus— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) October 15, 2018
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Petition: Request Congress to Extend OSHA Protections to School Bus Operations and School Buses.
There is a loop hole in federal regulations that does not protect school buses and school bus drivers from OSHA type violations. This is clearly contrary to congressional intent. The purpose that Congress expressed in the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-956) is “to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources” to “assure … that no worker will suffer diminished health, functional capacity, or life expectancy as a result of his work experience.”...
http://www.petition2congress.com/2204/request-congress-to-extend-osha
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
"Absolutely" Seat Belts Would Make School Buses Safer
To support Maryland State Senator Jim Brochin's legislation to put seat belts on school buses, contact him at this link.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Feb. 2, 2016 Hearing: Seat Belts on School Buses
Entitled: | School Vehicles - Seat Belts - Requirements | ||
Sponsored by: | Senator Brochin | ||
Status: | In the Senate - Hearing 2/02 at 1:00 p.m. |
| Synopsis: | Prohibiting specified persons from allowing pupils to stand in a school vehicle while the school vehicle is in motion; requiring school vehicles in the State to be equipped with seat belts; prohibiting a person from operating a specified school vehicle unless the person and each occupant under 16 years old are restrained by a seat belt; providing for a delayed effective date; etc. |
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State senator calling for mandatory seat belts on school buses
State Sen. Jim Brochin said he plans to introduce a bill to make seat belts mandatory on school buses statewide to safeguard children, because, "Without seat belts, these kids become projectiles — literally crash test dummies."
Brochin is advocating such a law at a time when the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration is recommending that all school buses are equipped with three-point seat belts.
"The position of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is that seat belts save lives," NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind said last month, according to published reports.
According to the NHTSA, 327 school-age children died in school transportation-related accidents between 2004 and 2013, the most recent year for which data is available. Fifty four of those were passengers on school transportation vehicles.
Six states — California, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, and Texas — now require seat belts on school buses. In Maryland, only buses that weigh less than 10,000 pounds have mandatory seat belts, because that is required but federal law, said Leon Langley, director of pupil transportation for the Maryland Department of Education. But buses under 10,000 pounds are few and far between in the state, Langley said. Some buses for special education students also have seat belts, but that is up to individual school districts, Langley said...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/ph-tt-brochin-legislative-agenda-1209-20151209-story.html
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