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Major Vintage Bus Rally Planned This Fall in Indiana EVANSVILLE, Ind March 2017 – Section B Major vintage bus rally planned this fall in Indiana EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The rally also is expected to attract a largest-ever North American rally large contingent of both North of vintage and historic buses will American and foreign visitors who take place here, beginning the first will have an opportunity to see day of fall. some of the rarest and most unusual The three-day event, which is vintage buses still operating. being called simply Bus Rally The event, running Sept. 22- Evansville, is expected to attract 24, is being organized by The Bus- between 75 and 100 operational boys Collection, a Minnesota- classic, collectible, historic and based nonprofit organization that vintage buses from across the U.S. is thought to own and operate the and Canada. largest collection of vintage buses Buses that are at least 25 years in North America. old will be the focus of the rally. The principal site of the rally In addition to the buses, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 7B c Bus & Motorcoach News website redesigned, updated ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Unit- • Easier ability to share con- ed Motorcoach Association mem- tent with others The 1939 Art Moderne former Greyhound Bus Terminal in Evansville, Ind., with its distinctive two-tone, porcelain- enameled steel panels, was restored and repurposed by Indiana Landmarks, which helps Indiana communities and bers who sign on to the Bus & Mo- The new website will be up- individuals rescue endangered landmarks. torcoach News website during dated regularly with timely news Expo 2017 in St. Louis are in for a stories and will supplement the surprise. print edition of Bus & Motor- The website (www.busand- coach News, which will still be Capitol Hill Days to focus on regulation motorcoachnews.com) has been mailed to subscribers. All of the ALEXANDRIA, Va. — When small operators. ther inroads in its efforts to fend redesigned to include more timely print edition content will also be United Motorcoach Association This year when UMA mem- off legislation and rules detrimen- industry news, more photos and available on the website. members travel to Washington in bers return to the capital April 25- tal to operators. more information to keep UMA The site also will offer more April to meet with members of 26, they are likely to find even That is why UMA is encourag- members up to date on what is hap- space for Bus & Motorcoach Congress, they will be dealing more receptive legislators, espe- ing members to attend this year’s pening in the motorcoach industry. News advertisers, as well as in- with lawmakers who have a focus cially those on the Republican side Capitol Hill Days to continue the The benefits to subscribers creased analytics and tracking. on reducing, rather than increas- of the aisle. momentum the association has will be: The updated website will be ing, regulations on businesses. Since President Donald Trump generated in recent years. • Faster reporting of news phased in over the next few That is a major change from issued an order Jan. 20 to federal UMA makes appointments for • Greater depth of research months and will be accessible to recent years, when the motorcoach agencies to freeze new rules and to members with their congressional capabilities both subscribers and nonsubscrib- industry has been fighting off such delay those published but not yet delegation, prepares participants • Easier access to articles be- ers initially. The content will then proposed new regulations as an in- effective, some of the pending reg- with background and talking hind the logon be accessible only to subscribers. crease in insurance minimums, a ulations that would affect the mo- points, and (in most instances) strict rule regulating bus leasing torcoach industry have been in supplies a staff member to assist and efforts by regulators to final- limbo. members during your ize a new rule on the Safety Fit- A rule establishing driver-train- appointments. ness Determination. ing standards for entry-level bus “This is your chance to meet UMA members who traveled and truck drivers already has been with those elected to represent to Washington last spring for the postponed by the Federal Motor your interests in Congress. It’s annual Capitol Hill Days Fly-In Carrier Safety Administration. your turn to speak up and let them were able to convince some of Because of the uncertainty sur- know your concerns,” UMA says their congressional representatives rounding regulations, and the new in encouraging participation. that such regulations could cripple focus in both Congress and the ad- For more information and to the motorcoach industry, and ministration, the motorcoach in- register for the event, go to www. would be especially onerous to dustry has a chance to make fur- uma.org/industry/capitol-hill. THE RIGHT PREOWNED COACH FOR YOUR NEEDS ALL MAKES & MODELS AVAILABLE https://www.prevostcar.com/pre-owned Contact for more information: Eloy Torres Carl Stevens Tom Crowl Jean Dupont 817-371-6173 904-610-9568 530-945-0401 418-554-5290 CENTRAL U.S. EAST U.S. WEST U.S. CANADA WHO’S DRIVING THE BUS? YOU ARE. 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Bus & Motorcoach News INDUSTRY NEWS March 2017 3B Study finds unhealthy truckers more likely to crash SALT LAKE CITY — Com- have signs of at least one of several the other vehicle get hurt in three- rier, they didn’t examine where the mercial truck drivers with three or medical conditions that had previ- ‘ With decreasing quarters of injury crashes involving miles were driven, and many of the more medical conditions have a far ously been linked to poor driving trucks, it’s in the public interest to medical conditions are associated higher chance of being in a crash performance, including heart dis- health comes continue investigating the issue, with each other and not necessari- than healthier drivers, according to ease, low back pain and diabetes. increased crash risk, said the study’s senior author Dr. ly exclusive. a new study. Kurt Hegmann, director of the The study also didn’t look at The study, led by investigators Millions of data points including crashes Rocky Mountain Center for Occu- total driving experience. The Fed- at the University of Utah School of Matching drivers’ medical and that truck drivers pational and Environmental Health. eral Motor Carrier Safety Admin- Medicine, said such drivers could crash histories revealed that drivers “If we can better understand istration recently released an anal- be up to four times as likely to be with at least three of the flagged could prevent.’ the interplay between driver health ysis that indicated drivers with involved in a crash. conditions were more likely to have and crash risk, then we can better more experience were less likely The results were published in been involved in a crash. There driving abilities such as age and address safety concerns,” he said. to crash. the Journal of Occupational and were 82 truck drivers in the highest- amount of commercial driving There are 5.7 million drivers of Environmental Medicine. risk group, and results were calcu- experience. OOIDA disputes findings commercial motor vehicles in the “What these data are telling us lated from millions of data points The new findings could mean But not everyone agrees with United States, according to the is that with decreasing health reflecting their relative crash risk that one health condition, such as the study’s findings. study. Based on police reports, comes increased crash risk, includ- every day for up to seven years. diabetes, is manageable but diabe- The Owner-Operator Indepen- there have been 60,000 truck ing crashes that truck drivers could The investigators found that tes in combination with high blood dent Drivers Association Founda- crashes involving injuries in the prevent,” said the study’s lead au- this group was at higher risk for pressure and anxiety could sub- tion pointed out several weakness- past five years, the study said. thor, Matthew Thiese, an assistant different categories of crashes, in- stantially increase a driver’s risk. es in the study. “The fact remains that crashes professor at the Rocky Mountain cluding accidents that caused inju- “Right now, conditions are First, the foundation gives are rare events, and the crash rate Center for Occupational and Envi- ry, that could have been avoided. thought of in isolation,” Thiese credit to the study’s authors for ad- for each of the groups (i.e., the ronmental Health. The rate of crashes resulting in said. “There’s no guidance for mitting that the conclusions are number of conditions) were rela- Keeping healthy can be tough injury among all truck drivers was looking at multiple conditions in not definitive because of the small tively similar, but the study did not for truck drivers, who typically sit 29 per 100 million miles traveled.
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