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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 StaffNovember 15, 2012

Woman sentenced for fatal bus-passing accident

Shirley McManners is sentenced to one year in prison and 14 years of probation for the December accident in which she struck and killed 17-year-old Brandy Hart after she exited her school bus. McManners pled guilty last month to a charge of vehicular homicide and apologized to Hart’s family.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2012

NTSB releases 2013 Most Wanted list

The agency’s annual list for recommended improvements in safety for all modes of transportation prioritizes such issues as eliminating distracted driving. NTSB cites the fatal 2010 Gray Summit, Mo., crash involving two school buses, in which distraction was determined to be the probable cause of the initial collision.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2012

School bus driver honored for military service

Bill Wilson, a driver for Student Transportation Inc. company Elgie Bus Lines, served as a Canadian military police corporal. “My military experience has prepared me very well” for transporting students safely, he says.

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Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2012

Thomas Built launches corrosion protection treatments

The school bus OEM’s new FleetShield, for the Saf-T-Liner C2, includes three different treatments to shield specific vehicle parts that are particularly susceptible to corrosion and weather damage.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2012

NHTSA child restraints video now on DVD

For transporting very young children who must be secured in child safety restraint systems, the agency's free video covers the key steps of selection, direction, location and installation. It also demonstrates the proper placement of children in a safety restraint.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2012

Bus driver has student pick up gun

The driver asks the student to disembark the bus on the way to school to check out an object on the side of the road, and when it’s discovered that it’s a weapon, the driver asks the student to bring it to him. School officials report that the driver, who's now out of a job, allegedly said that he was going to take the weapon to his bus company’s dispatch office.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2012

District to reinstate free bus service

Regular-education students who live more than two miles from their home campus will be eligible for the service under a “blended transportation model” that the Keller (Texas) Independent School District’s board of trustees approves. The model will be implemented on Jan. 23, and students within the two-mile range will continue to have the option to purchase bus service for $75 per semester.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2012

Diesel-to-CNG conversion offered for DT466 engine

The EPA has reportedly approved a diesel-to-CNG (compressed natural gas) dedicated package for the diesel International DT466 series engine. NGV Motori USA and Clean Vehicle Solutions LLC partnered to bring the conversion package to the intermediate class vehicle market.

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Newsby StaffNovember 9, 2012

National Express holds employee safety poster contest

Employees at subsidiaries Durham School Services, Stock Transportation and Petermann design 120 posters that communicate operational safety messages. The top five submissions will be displayed at all National Express facilities to serve as a daily safety reminder.

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Newsby StaffNovember 8, 2012

District preps for winter with safety competition

Bus drivers at Washoe County School District in Reno, Nev., compete in the “Chain Championship” to be the best and fastest at getting chains on their buses’ tires. The competition is part of the transportation department’s priority to transport students to and from school during the winter months without incident.

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