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Industry Weighs in on Proposed Seatbelt Requirement INSIDE: EXPO SPECIAL INSERT November 1, 2010 Industry weighs in on proposed seatbelt requirement with the National Highway Traffic Safety sponse to the seatbelt rulemaking issued by sibility and invited the industry to comment Top concern: Impact Administration that they would not support NHTSA in August. (See Sept. 1 Bus & Mo- on the issue. extending the mandate to motorcoaches cur- torcoach News.) The seatbelt mandate had The UMA and ABA said they back re- on smaller operators rently on the road. been under active consideration for two quiring passenger seatbelts on new motor- WASHINGTON — A proposed federal Such a requirement, they warned, would years, and it also had been recommended as coaches because safety is the first concern rule that would mandate three-point passen- be too costly and would run many small op- part of a major motorcoach safety plan in- of the industry, and the belts would make an ger seatbelts on new motorcoaches — three erators out of business. troduced late last year by the U.S. Depart- industry already recognized as being “very years after the effective date of the regula- The two associations reportedly arrived ment of Transportation. (See Dec. 15 Bus & safe” even safer. tion — has been endorsed by the industry’s at their recommendations independently, Motorcoach News.) “A requirement to install three-point seat- two major trade groups. and their positions diverge on certain as- While the rule does not propose mandat- belts in new motorcoaches will improve an But the United Motorcoach and Ameri- pects of the proposed rule. ing safety belts for existing buses, federal already exceptionally safe mode of transpor- can Bus associations said in separate filings The comments were submitted in re- regulators say they are looking into that pos- CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 c Berg faces multiple charges Berg — who prosecutors say was convicted Former operator accused of bank fraud in Oregon two decades ago — could face a sentence of from 30 years to of fraud; arrested, jailed life in prison. SEATTLE — Federal prosecutors have According to the criminal charges filed charged former high-profile motorcoach by the U.S. Attorney for Western Washing- operator Darren Berg with 10 counts of ton last month, Berg raised more than $350 wire fraud and money laundering, alleging million during this decade, ostensibly to be he conducted a nearly decade-long Ponzi used for mortgage investments. Instead, scheme that defrauded upwards of 1,000 in- Berg funneled millions to himself to invest vestors out of more than $100 million. in his motorcoach operation and maintain Eight days after the charges were filed, an extraordinarily lavish lifestyle. federal authorities arrested Berg in Los An- Starting early in 2001, Berg created and geles and added more charges, alleging he operated a series of investment funds called concealed bank accounts, a property sale in Meridian Mortgage Investors Funds, Me- July and about $400,000. ridian Real Estate Opportunity Funds and Prosecutors moved to have Berg held CS Note Holdco. without bail because they consider him a Berg told fund investors their money flight risk. They say he was attempting to would be invested in real estate, seller-fi- WRAPPNG UP 100 YEARS. Indian Trails of Owosso, Mich., is marking its 100th nanced real estate contracts, hard money hide money to pay for a possible escape. year in business with celebrations and honors, plus a new Get Motorcoachified bus If convicted of the charges against him, CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 c wrap. See story on Page 9. BIG enforcement change Dec. 1 Warning: Don’t overlook ‘PSP’ WASHINGTON — One month from said few operators he has spoken with had PHOENIX — An attorney who repre- Moseley warned. now, on Dec. 1, a new era in over-the-road taken the time to become familiar with the sents trucking companies and their insur- By using the Pre-Employment Screen- bus and truck safety begins when the Fed- program. ance carriers says it’s imperative that own- ing Program, bus and truck operators can eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration “Nearly every operator I have spoken ers and operators of over-the-road get a report on a prospective driver much goes public with its new enforcement initia- with does not even have a PIN number, commercial vehicles begin using a relative- like a motor vehicle report. (See June 1 Bus tive called CSA 2010. much less looked at their (CSA 2010) BA- ly new federal driver screening program. & Motorcoach News.) The safety measurement system replac- SICs. I suspect more than a few of the op- “If you choose not to use the (Pre-Em- Only instead of providing information es the current SafeStat program. erators have a surprise coming to them once ployment Screening Program), you’re mak- about how many speeding tickets and other Though no one knows for certain, there Nov. 30th rolls around,” he said. ing a huge mistake,” Rob Moseley told moving violations the driver has had, the is anecdotal evidence that many motor- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis- trucking executives meeting here last month. federal screening program tells you about coach operators are not aware of the poten- tration Administrator Anne Ferro has been “Because the (Pre-Employment Screen- roadside inspection data for a particular tial implications of the new system and its quoted as saying few carriers have taken ad- ing Program) is available to you, everything driver, such as hours-of-service violations, implementation. vantage of the sneak preview her agency has that’s available to you today will eventually equipment-related violations and other One well-connected industry executive CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 c be available to the lawyer who sues you,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 c Affordable Luxury Setra Certified To learn more about Setra Certified Pre-Owned please visit: Pre-Owned www.setra-coaches.com ABC C o m p A n i e s QualityQuality Pre-OwnedPre-Owned Equipment...Equipment... 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The troubled company con- He would not discuss personnel firmed late last month it had termi- issues, including the fate of Larry nated its distribution agreement Brennan, who took over as BCI’s with BLK/Bon Luck Bus Co. of top executive at the beginning of Nanchang, which had supplied the year and served as the company BCI with its signature Falcon 45 spokesman. “Those issues will be coaches. addressed in a press release in a While BCI will no longer im- couple of weeks,” he said. port or sell new or used coaches, it Several telephone messages left will continue to maintain a small with BCI seeking comment from office and warehouse here to serve Brennan were not returned. motorcoach operators that pur- The announcement that BCI The Pomona (Calif.) Police Department SWAT team converges on a Shalimar Tours’ coach during training. chased Falcon 45s since they were had stopped selling buses came as introduced to the U.S. market in no surprise to many of its custom- 2007, according to spokesman Sha- ers, especially those who have been Operator assists SWAT training rad Agarwal. closely following the trials and trib- POMONA, Calif. — It’s not He had hidden a gun on the Since gambling halls are a com- “We will continue to provide ulations of the company the past 12 hard to imagine. coach during the ride to the casino. mon motorcoach destination in parts and technical support to all of to 18 months. A disturbed, disgruntled and That essentially is the scenario Southern California, with many In- our customers,” he said. During one two-month period down-on-his-luck gambler decides Pomona Police Department Offi- dian casinos, plus Las Vegas and BCI sold 101 of the coaches to last year there was a flurry of re- to act out his frustrations and hos- cer Ralph Rivera came up with to Laughlin, Nev., within a few hours several dozen operators throughout ports BCI was about to either close tility during his trip home on a mo- expand the scope of training for drive, Rivera figured a scenario in the country during its time in the or file for bankruptcy, neither of torcoach that had taken him to the his department’s Central Negotia- which a deranged gambler takes out new-coach market.
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