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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.  

Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2003

NTSB releases documents in Omaha crash

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has made public more than 800 pages of investigative documents on the Oct. 13, ...

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Articlesby StaffMarch 1, 2003

Industry News

Driving instructors fix mirror problem with homemade grid BEL AIR, Md. — When Kathie Mayor couldn’t see the rear bumper in the m...

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Articlesby StaffFebruary 1, 2003

Some lowlights of 2002

What was the worst thing one of your drivers, or one of your supervisors, did in 2002? Supervisors speak out The worst thing o...

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Articlesby StaffFebruary 1, 2003

Q&A: Blue Bird Seeks to Improve Cost Position, Supplier Security

With school districts and contractors constrained by tight budgets from purchasing large numbers of new buses, these are hard times for the school bus...

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Articlesby StaffFebruary 1, 2003

Safe Technology, the Evolution of a Modern School Bus

School bus seats, frames, interiors, crash test dummies and roll over cages are all connected to computerized sensors, recording thousands of bytes of...

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Articlesby StaffFebruary 1, 2003

North Carolina deploys 13 buses with lap/shoulder belt systems

RALEIGH, N.C. — A program that could shed some light on the practicality and effectiveness of lap/shoulder belt systems in large school buses is u...

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Articlesby StaffFebruary 1, 2003

Industry News

Dramatic rescue credited to a combination of training, instincts SPARTANBURG, S.C. — On Feb. 8, 2002, at around 7 a.m., a Mercedes sed...

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Articlesby StaffDecember 1, 2002

Parents Sue Over Child Left on Bus

The parents of a 3-year-old boy left on a bus for four hours are suing the Board of Education of Milford, Conn., and Winkle Bus Co., the school bus co...

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Articlesby StaffDecember 1, 2002

Driving With Presence of Mind

Delores Little, a 24-year school bus driver with the Middletown Board of Education in Middletown, Ohio, has seen a lot in her time. But nothing quite ...

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Articlesby StaffDecember 1, 2002

Study Analyzes Cell Phone Use by Drivers

A new study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA), a research organization dedicated to promoting public health, estimates that cell phone us...

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