At long last motor coaches are about to be regulated in an effort to improve safety. Under a plan with the NHTSA and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rule making will begin to assist in motor coach safety.
NHTSA is expected to issue rules requiring the installation of seat belts in motor coaches, set parameters for tire safety and examine such factors such as roof crush and stability on motor coaches and buses.
The Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood issued the directive to improve safety on our highways with motor coaches.
Other issues of interest under the plan are rule making for on-board recording devises which can be used to monitor driving time and speed.
Bus safety has recently come up with the death of a 16 year old school boy in Connecticut when a bus without seat belts was involved in a wreck.
The smallest buses (less than 10,000 pounds loaded) are fitted with seat belts however large buses are not and it has been up to individual States to decide whether or not to require seatbelts.
