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| Bob Hutton (Taibob)
Registered Member Username: Taibob Post Number: 2 Registered: 6-2008 Posted From: 24.129.238.235 Rating: N/A |
Location: Hwy 3 near Fernie BC Many injuries - No details as yet | ||
| John MC9 (John_mc9)
Registered Member Username: John_mc9 Post Number: 1215 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 98.70.65.112  Rating: N/A |
BUS CRASH CLOSES HIGHWAY 3 - SEVERAL INJURIES REPORTED BCTV http://www.tmtv.net/BCTV_Kootenays_Bus_crashes_near_fernie_bc_several_injuries_reported_cl oses_highway_3_BCTV_june_5_2011.htm | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 2089 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 174.91.140.75  Rating: N/A |
There's the magical 4:00am crash time again. happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Dal Farnworth (Dallas)
Registered Member Username: Dallas Post Number: 575 Registered: 7-2004 Posted From: 67.141.77.61  Rating: N/A |
Yup, when driving truck, I always tried to take a nap from 3 until 5, eat dinner, then drive until about 02:00, fuel, breakfast, sleep until 07:30. Never go through a city during rush hour. Never go through a congested zone when there is a wreck mentioned on the CB. | ||
| Jack Fids (Jack_fids)
Registered Member Username: Jack_fids Post Number: 755 Registered: 1-2009 Posted From: 72.211.145.15  Rating: N/A |
...and then there are times... Time the departure from Tucson to arrive in L.A. about 2-AM hauling 2 race cars, with a stout Dually, in a 28-ft'er. 1:30-AM outside Newhall...bumper to bumper . 4-hrs later, Gardenia @ sun-up. | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 2093 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 174.91.140.75 Rating: N/A |
Unfortunately, a coach driver does not have that luxury to stop and avoid the witching hour... The schedule is the schedule, and the "freight" gets pretty riled up if the driver stops for a nap! The worst is a spare driver being forced onto the overnight. No regular hours, rest cycles are erratic, last 72 hours of their life may involve some horrible short turn arounds. The condemning issue is if it is a regular driver without the self discipline, so missing in our world today, to get the proper rest to do the assigned duties safely. Child care and moonlighting are two excuses. And after they've killed someone, they wish they'd conducted themselves differently. It is not popular to consider that many lives are in your hands, and if you can't get 8 hours of "left alone" during the daylight hours for rest, you'd best get out of the business. Coach driving is a lifestyle, not a job. The time is fast approaching for the pendulum to swing back the other way. happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Russell Beam (Rcbeam)
Registered Member Username: Rcbeam Post Number: 63 Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 74.131.57.238  Rating: N/A |
Looks to me like part of the dash and the steering wheel in in the field... whole front end is a mess. I don't see how the driver lived through that, but the article said he was in stable condition. No mention of another vehicle involved or possible cause. Russell | ||
| JC Alacoque (Jc_alacoque)
Registered Member Username: Jc_alacoque Post Number: 104 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 207.34.166.7 Rating: N/A |
The bus was hit head on by a car that crossed the center line. The female car driver was killed. The bus driver and another passenger were seriously hurt. |