NTSB Safety Recommendation H09-9

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Title: NTSB Safety Recommendation H09-9

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                   NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

May 29, 2009

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The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following

recommendation to the American Bus Association and the

United Motorcoach Association:

Inform your members through Web sites, newsletters, and

conferences of the circumstances of the Mexican Hat, Utah,

accident. The prepared information should encourage charter

operators to develop written contingency plans for each

charter to ensure that trip planning is in place in the

event of driver fatigue, incapacitation, or illness or in

the event of trip delays necessitating replacement drivers

to avoid hours-of-service violations and inform drivers of

their trip’s contingency plans. The prepared information

should also provide information about the risks of operating

in rural areas without wireless telephone coverage and

advise members to carry mobile cellular amplifiers or

satellite-based devices to communicate emergency events. (H-

09-9)

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http://www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2009/H09_9.pdf

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