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 | | In conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration perform in-depth safety reviews (terminal inspections) of motor carriers transporting passengers for hire (specifically servicing Atlantic City, New Jersey) to ensure that motor carriers have adequate management systems in place to properly select, supervise, and monitor recently hired drivers. |
 | | The Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was the busdriver's inattention to his driving task and his misjudgment of the closing speed between the bus and the truck in front of him. |
 | | Amend 49 CFR 391.23 to require operators of commercial passenger-carrying motor vehicles to obtain pertinent information, i.e., previous employment history, driving records, driving experience, and training, and to determine that the applicants are fully qualified and adequately trained, before permitting them to operate commercial passenger-carrying vehicles. |
| www.ntsb.gov /publictn/1989/HAR8901S.htm (699 words) |
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