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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

Newsby StaffDecember 6, 2012

Boy thrown over car after being struck by bus passer

Police say the boy escaped serious injury in Wednesday’s accident, with a captain from the Graham (N.C.) Police Department saying that the child “didn’t seem hurt at all.” Motorist Crystal Lashawn Clay is charged with passing a stopped school bus and careless and reckless driving.

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Newsby StaffDecember 6, 2012

All National Express safety directors earn certification

The school transportation company’s safety directors are all certified by the Institute for Safety and Health Management. The credential covers a broad range of safety principles, such as risk assessment and mitigation, ethics and law, health and wellness, and emergency preparedness.

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2012

Krapf names planning and business exec

In the role of executive vice president of strategic planning and business development for Krapf Bus Companies, officials say Bradley D. Krapf is responsible for leading the organization’s continued growth efforts and ensuring that the Krapf brand maintains its high standards of safe, dependable and customer-focused transportation services.

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2012

Woman must wear 'fool' sign for incident on bus

Natasha Latrice Freeman boarded the bus in April and repeatedly struck her 11-year-old cousin and pulled the girl’s hair after a disagreement arose between the girl and Freeman’s son, according to the prosecutor in the case. She must wear for a week a sign that says, “I made a fool out of myself on a Bibb County Public Schools bus,” help wash a bus, serve five years on probation and pay $500 in attorney fees.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2012

Students charged for allegedly attacking bus driver

Police say six students face felony aggravated assault and assault by mob charges, while a seventh student is suspended in connection with the incident. The driver sustains serious face and head injuries.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2012

Background check changes proposed for Ontario bus drivers

The Highway Traffic Act would be amended to eliminate the requirement for a criminal record search as a condition of getting a school bus driver’s license. Instead, the Education Act would be amended to require that school bus drivers have a vulnerable sector search, which is a criminal check that includes a search of the pardoned sexual offender database. The Ontario School Bus Association says the changes would save “a lot of time and hassle by only having to do the one check.”

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2012

Driver pinned between car and school bus in parking lot

Bus driver Pat Williams sustains minor injuries in last Thursday’s accident. She reportedly thought her vehicle was in park when she got out to warm up her bus, but it was in gear and it rolled when she walked behind it.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2012

7 more earn special-needs endorsement

Pupil transportation professionals from Colorado to Virginia complete the National Association for Pupil Transportation program, which is designed to increase participants’ knowledge about transporting students with disabilities.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2012

School van company suspended for drunken driving incident

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles suspends all of Ride-Rite Medi-Van Co.'s school pupil transportation licenses, and the company will be required to pay $100 per suspended registration for each of the vehicles. Michael Tantillo was allegedly drunk when he transported a special-needs student for four hours, and he did not have a school bus driver’s license.

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