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Washington – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), along with state and local law enforcement announced that they were conducting a series of safety inspections on motorcoaches, tour buses, school buses and other commercial passenger busses in 13 states and the District of Columbia. The safety inspection sweeps were a part of the FMCSA’s continuing effort to raise the standards for bus safety and to protect the safety of bus passengers by removing unsafe operators from the roads. Starting…

Reports say that according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, cell phone use played a role in 18 percent of all fatal distracted driving crashes. More than three-quarters of teens under 17 have cell phones, and almost 90% of those use texting. Moreover, more than half of those texters use the capability daily, the majority more than 50 texts a day.  Of those, more than a third admitted to texting while driving, reports say. And up to 40% of…

Trolley riders in downtown San Diego were injured when a U.S. postal service van slammed into the trolley on which they were riding at the intersection of G Street and Park Boulevard, with several sustaining minor injuries. No major injuries were sustained from the crash, but two people are known to have experienced some minor bruises and bumps, reports say. One woman who was standing up was knocked down and a man in a wheelchair hit his head against the window. …

Ollie The Trolley, a specialized bus that tours Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, was a participant in a major accident last month. The crash, which took place on Florence Boulevard and Cass Street, in Omaha, happened when a driver of a Chevy Blazer, driven by Lois Rasmussen, hit the trolley carrying Campfire USA kids on a field trip.  Most of the children were injured, reports say. And those not hospitalized were shaken up. In all, paramedics took 14 kids and one adult to…

A woman crossing corner of 40th and Spruce streets in Philadelphia was hit and injured recently by a trolley, reports say. The woman, who was unidentified other than what witnesses report as a black woman in her 60s at the 40th Street intersection shortly after 6 p.m. late last month, was evidently trying to catch the trolley when she slipped and the vehicle hit her. She was taken via ambulance to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she…