Top Truck and Bus Safety Issues

Over the years, various studies have identified many truck and bus safety-related issues. Some of the top ones are as follows [3]  

Driver training. This is concerned with the need for better and continuing education for all drivers (i.e., commercial and private). 

Uniform regulations. This is concerned with the lack of uniformity in safety regulations and procedures among U.S. states and between Canada and Mexico, indicating that safety issues do not receive the same priority in all jurisdictions. 

Working conditions. This is concerned with the review of standards and industry practices as they affect driver workload. 

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Chapters 7 and 8 are devoted to rail safety and to truck and bus safety, respectively. Chapter 7 covers topics such as causes of railway-related accidents and incidents, general classifications of rail accidents by effects and causes, rail derailment accidents and incidents and their causes, telescoping-related railway accidents, railway accidents in selected countries, railroad tank car safety, and methods for performing rail safety analysis. Some of the topics covered in Chapter 8 are top truck and bus safety issues, truck safety-related facts and figures, the most-cited truck safety-related problems, safety-related truck inspection tips, bus and coach occupant fatalities and serious injuries, transit bus safety and key design-related safety feature areas, and vehicle safety data sources. 

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