Also tagged in: Bus drivers, Consumer education, Consumers, Driver education, Motor buses, Motor vehicle safety, Risk, Safety measures, Traffic accidents and safety, Transportation
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.

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Resolution promoting the safe operation of 15-passenger vans.

4/30/2008--Passed House amended.    (There are 2 other summaries)

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 29, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes the need for awareness of the increased risks of driving 15-passenger vans.

Encourages operators of such vans to provide adequate training for drivers and safety information to passengers, including the need to wear seat belts.


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Also tagged in: Budgets, Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Federally-guaranteed loans, Government lending, Income tax, Motor buses, Motor vehicle safety, Small business
Latest Action: 12/14/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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To direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue motor vehicle safety standards for motorcoaches, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for associated expenses incurred by motorcoach operators complying with such standards. 12/13/2007--Introduced. Bluffton University Safety Act of 2007 - Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to prescribe federal motor vehicle safety standards for occupant protection systems for new and existing motorcoaches. Directs the Secretary to carry out, and submit to Congress, an independent study on the passenger safety benefits of three-point passenger safety restraints and compartmentalization in motorcoaches and whether the use of one methodology reduces or enhances passenger safety benefits of the other methodology. Expresses the sense of Congress that it is in the public interest for states to adopt and enforce mandatory seat belt use [...]

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Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Bus drivers, Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Curricula, Department of Transportation, Driver education, Driver licenses
Latest Action: 09/18/2008 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security. Hearings held.

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A bill to improve the safety of motorcoaches, and for other purposes. 11/8/2007--Introduced. Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to prescribe regulations requiring motorcoaches to be installed with: (1) safety seat belts at each seating position; (2) advanced glazing in each portal to prevent passenger ejection; (3) improved firefighting equipment; and (4) enhanced compartmentalization safety countermeasures and certain other motor vehicle safety features.Requires the Secretary to complete, and report to Congress on, a study on improving bus crashworthiness, bus crash avoidance, and bus fire protection and passenger evacuation.Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary to prescribe regulations: (1) requiring providers of motorcoach services registered with the the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to undergo periodic safety reviews; (2) establishing a training curriculum [...]

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