Unsafe Chartered Bus Companies Evade Sanctions

“Hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus companies ordered to shut down because of federal safety violations ranging from suspended licenses to possible drug use have stayed on the road by using different names, investigators say.”

 “The GAO report found that at least 20 of the roughly 220 commercial bus companies that had been fined and ordered out of service in 2007 and 2008 by federal regulators evade compliance by setting up shop under a new name…”

 This is a follow up to a prior blog posting entitled “Athletes At Risk While Transported By Charter Buses” which exposed the dangers and possible liability risks of hiring a service without checking out their background. 

 Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32213170/ns/us_news-life/