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Summer of Inspections September 15, 2012 FMCSA warns of tire dangers, says to watch weights, ratings WASHINGTON — The Feder- Although it did not name the al Motor Carrier Safety Adminis- brand of coach in its bulletin, the tration has issued an emergency FMCSA was clearly referring to warning to motorcoach operators Van Hool double-deckers. about weight limits on tires. According to the agency, “one The warning came barely two common” double-deck, three-axle weeks after a fatal megabus.com coach has a gross vehicle weight crash in Illinois and other high- rating of between 53,000 and speed crashes this summer. 61,000 pounds. Investigations have pointed to a “A fully-loaded, double-deck front-tire failure as the likely cause motorcoach at or near the maxi- of the megabus crash that killed mum number of passengers, and a one person and injured 47 others. maximum luggage load, could ex- Alberta commercial vehicle enforcement officers inspected motorcoaches last month near the remarkable Columbia Icefield. The FMCSA bulletin urged ceed this GVWR, one or more motorcoach companies to take gross axle-weight limits, or the tire steps to prevent tire failures by weight ratings,” said the FMCSA. Summer of Inspections properly loading passengers and It also is widely thought that cargo, and increasing pressure in several models of single-deck, con- tires on the rear axles to the maxi- ventional 45-foot motorcoaches Fewer buses parked during Roadcheck 2012 mum marked on the tires when also may exceed their gross vehicle buses are carrying heavy loads. weight rating when fully loaded, GREENBELT, Md. — For the 8.7 percent (see July 15, 2011, Bus percent, compared to 3.6 percent In its bulletin, the FMCSA meaning operators of those coaches sixth consecutive year, the out-of- & Motorcoach News). in both 2010 and 2009. noted that fully loaded double- also should closely monitor tire rat- service rate declined for buses and In 2010, the rate was 9 percent, The lowest driver out-of-ser- deck coaches may be susceptible ings, loads and air pressure. motorcoaches checked during the in 2009 it was 11.5 percent, in vice rate in recent years came in Commercial Vehicle Safety Alli- 2008 it was 12.2 percent, and in 2003, when it was 1.7 percent. to overloading. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 c ance annual Roadcheck inspection 2007 it was 12.3 percent. Still, given that Roadcheck is sweep. The lowest Roadcheck out-of- publicized well in advance (see Look out, diesel fuel prices This year, 8.6 percent of the service rate for buses during the May 15 Bus & Motorcoach News) coaches and buses inspected were past dozen years came in 2001 and has been conducted in early could zoom higher in Oct. put out of service during the three- when it was 7.7 percent. June for 25 consecutive years, it day safety blitz in early June. The out-of-service rate for bus remains disconcerting that nearly WALL, N.J. — A leading oil get close to the 2008 crazy period That meant this year’s rate was and motorcoach drivers also was 9 percent of the coaches checked price analyst says diesel prices when they reached $4.75 or higher. down slightly from the 2011 modestly lower this year at 2.5 from June 5-7 may not have been could go “much, much higher” in I hate to say it… Roadcheck out-of-service rate of percent. Last year, the rate was 2.6 CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 c early October, while gasoline pric- “We may be in for a short price es will fall come November. break from about Labor Day (Sept. Tom Kloza, senior oil analyst 3) to Columbus Day (Oct. 8),” he Feds wind up annual bus ‘strike force‘ for the Oil Price Information Ser- noted, “which represents an oppor- vice, offered a close-up look at the tunity. Then there is a real risk the WASHINGTON — The now force and the out-of-service rate In Minnesota, State Patrol and future of fuel prices in North numbers will go much, much annual Federal Motor Carrier was 9.6 percent. Department of Transportation in- America during a live webcast last higher. Safety Administration safety As with all such sweeps, most spectors checked coaches, limou- month. “(I am seeing) just about as sweep of passenger carriers con- of the inspections took place at sines, party buses and other pas- Called “Managing fuel prices compelling a case for a run-up in cluded late last month with thou- destinations, terminals and bus senger-carrying vehicles at Target in a volatile market,” the webcast diesel prices as I have ever seen.” sands of bus inspections conduct- yards, with a few conducted along Field, Mall of America, the Metro- was presented by a lending truck- Kloza outlined a number of ed nationwide. high-volume routes where passen- dome and area casinos. ing publication, Fleet Owner, and reasons why it’s likely diesel prices The National Passenger Carri- gers could be accommodated. Coaches sent to regular-season sponsored by Zonar Systems. will rise and gasoline will prices er Strike Force, as the “surprise” In Alabama, for example, the Minnesota Twins and preseason “Diesel is where I am really will fall. safety blitz is called, ran this year Motor Carrier Safety Unit of the Minnesota Vikings games report- worried,” said Kloza. Ironically, one of the primary from Aug. 13-27. state Highway Patrol Division con- edly got caught up in the sweep. “In Q4 of 2012 and Q1 of 2013, reasons is the amazing boom in oil Last year, the two-week sweep ducted inspections at the U.S. In one downtown Minneapolis we could see much higher (diesel) production in the U.S. and Canada. was conducted in late September Space and Rocket Center in Hunts- “saturation” enforcement, person- prices — as much as $50 per barrel While domestic oil production will and early October, ending Oct. 7. ville, as well as at the Greyhound nel from the Minneapolis Police above crude, or around $4 per gal- be instrumental in the country’s Three thousand coaches were Bus Station in Montgomery and at Department, Minnesota State checked during the 2011 strike Colonial Trailways in Mobile. CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 c lon wholesale. 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The wire can be tors, Indian Trails, has become the Transportation, which uses federal bus stations.” hearing aids equipped with “tele- in the ceiling or along the floor. first coach company in the nation and state money to subsidize some MDOT also installed hearing coils,” or “T-coils” as they are to install a relatively simple tech- of the routes operated by Indian loops in two bus stations — in commonly known, to amplify a Clear hearing nology that helps assure hearing- Trails, and pays for the coaches In- Saginaw and Bay City. single source of sound (such as a The hearing loop transmits the impaired individuals on its inter- dian Trails operates as part of the “I’m quite sure this is the first telephone, television, public-ad- source sound to the telecoil in a city and casino runs don’t miss Michigan intercity bus network. American bus line with hearing dress system, or the like) instead hearing aid electromagnetically, safety messages, driver announce- “This is proven technology loops,” said David G. Myers, a of amplifying all sounds as ordi- while surrounding noises are ments, or onboard entertainment. that represents an enormous im- professor psychology at Hope nary hearing aids do. screened out. Called “hearing loop” technol- provement in the onboard experi- College in Holland, Mich., who Nearly 70 percent of hearing They become invaluable be- ogy, the system has been installed ence of many of our passengers has hearing loss and is one of the aids in the U.S. are equipped with cause the inside of a bus, train, on 17 of the coaches Indian Trails who are hard of hearing,” said nation’s foremost advocates of telecoils, which are tiny coils of plane or transportation terminal operates on 34 scheduled routes Gordon Mackay, president of In- hearing loops.
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