Years ago I went to Florida with my mother by Greyhound.
3 days of driving, some through a night of pouring rain that bus went pretty doggone fast. I was pretty nervous.
I’m not saying this guy was but I would not be surprised. I imagine they push those drivers on a pretty tight schedule.
It says a truck blew a tire, crossed the median and hit the bus, so it’s probably not the bus driver’s fault.
Exactly where do you get an idea that the bus driver was at fault in this? The article is pretty clear - the truck involved blew a tire, crossed the center and hit the bus... If anything, the fault would fall squarely on the driver of the truck for failure to maintain control of his vehicle. A blown tire, alone, shouldn’t cause a driver to lose control unless there’s more to the story. I’ve had tires blow out - no accident (yet).
Bus driver not at fault here, as someone else mentioned. Yes, I have been on passenger buses where the driver was flying low probably because he wanted to get home as much as we did.
Real issues: the truck driver’s training (was he legal?), and what level of maintenance the trucking company performed. If they let tires wear down below the wear bars, that’s a problem. Especially through the heat of the southwest, where I figure tires get really, really hot during an interstate drive.
Buses go fast, and the drivers push it.
But, there’s nothing that’s going to help when a truck going the opposite way blows a tire, crosses the median, and hits your bus head on.
I worked for a small software company years ago, we all decided to rent a bus to go to Atlantic City to gamble at the casino’s. It was more than 70% of the company on the same bus. Coming home that night, we all thought the bus driver was drunk (as we were). The next day, meeting. The president outlawed bus trips. Reason: He didn’t want to loose his company in a single crash. True story.