The report reviews evidence indicating that the probable cause of the accident was the bus driver's lack of vigilance resulting from combined adverse effects of sleep deprivation, illness due to a cold or influenza, high dosage of medication to treat the illness and for weight control. The report discusses several safety issues including lack of federal rules requiring an employing motor carrier to verify a medical examiner's certificate presented by a driver applicant and requiring that commercial drivers forward a record of duty status to the employing motor carrier when the record is completed, and the adequacy of bridge rail at the accident site.


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    Title :

    Highway Accident Report - Academy Lines, Inc., Intercity Bus Run-Off-Roadway and Overturn Middletown, New Jersey, September 6, 1987


    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    58 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English