Discount bus industry is subject to investigation, Federal safety

The study will examine, among other things, the efficiency of the motor carrier safety administration, the agency responsible for the supervision of the industry of the tour-bus. The Agency has been criticized for failing to enforce its rules.

Mr. Schumer, Democrat of New York, characterized review as likely to reshape the business. "This is the beginning of a new day for the industry of cheap-tour bus," he said, standing on the sidewalk near Pennsylvania station, where many discount bus operators take passengers.

Safety Council will examine "every aspect of safety" as part of the review, says Mr. Schumer, including buses and drivers, routes and schedules.

He said, the review is expected to last six months, will likely lead to a series of recommendations which could be implemented by changing the existing regulatory framework and other, which would require legislation.

Mr. Schumer and representative Nydia m. Velazquez, a Democrat, whose district includes parts of Brooklyn, lower Manhattan and Queens, called for the investigation, after last month's crash.

Mr. Schumer, said Deborah a. p. Hersman, President of the Council on safety, have agreed to carry out a national investigation.

Bronx crash Occurred on Interstate 95 in the predawn darkness on 12 March as 33 passengers in the bus, carrying back to Chinatown from the overnight trip to Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Conn. Bus the World wide Tour, a company in Brooklyn. The driver, Ophadell Williams, 40, maintains that he is in control of the bus to a passing tractor-trailer truck suddenly veered toward him. But the driver of the tractor-trailer was exempt from responsibility in the accident.

Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a division of the Department of transportation requires that buses and supported the main guidelines and restricts drivers to 10 hours behind the wheel within the 15-hour day.

But the time saved in manuscript journals are easily falsified and outstanding violations are often ignored. World wide travel, have been cited several times by the regulatory authorities for problems with its log files, according to the motor carrier safety administration. During the last two years of company buses were included in the two crashes that resulted in injuries to the occupants.

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