NTSB Scrutinizes Federal CDL Program
That’s the question asked by the National Transportation Safety Board at a Jan. 20 and 21 public hearing spurred by several high-profile truck and bus accidents. New Orleans was chosen as the site for the hearing because of a May 9 bus crash in which 22 people were killed.
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Much of the testimony and discussion on the first day of the hearing focused on medical issues. Earlier this month, the board issued a report on a 1998 accident in which a Greyhound bus traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Burnt Cabins, Pa., hit a tractor-trailer parked on the side of the highway, killing seven people. The bus driver was taking medication for a sinus condition, which contributed to the sleepiness that caused him to drift off the road, the board said.