NTSB -- NTSB Safety Recommendations H-11-39 through -45

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NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

February 8, 2012

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NTSB Safety Recommendations H-11-39 through -45

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The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following

safety recommendations to the state of Missouri:

(1) Ban the nonemergency use of portable electronic devices

(other than those designed to support the driving task) for

all drivers;

(2) use the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

model of high visibility enforcement to support these bans;

and

(3) implement targeted communication campaigns to inform

motorists of the new law and enforcement, and to warn them

of the dangers associated with the nonemergency use of

portable electronic devices while driving. (H-11-39)

Revise state regulations to require a periodic safety review

of motor carrier operations for those carriers involved in

pupil transportation. (H-11-40)

Modify the Missouri Motor Vehicle Inspection Regulations so

that all inspection areas and procedures that apply to

school buses are contained within the “School Bus

Inspection” section. (H-11-41)

Modify your school bus inspection procedures so that all

brake defects specified in the Missouri Motor Vehicle

Inspection Regulations can be identified during biannual

inspections. (H-11-42)

Revise your MVI–2 vehicle inspection form so that it lists

all items to be inspected, as required by the Missouri Motor

Vehicle Inspection Regulations; and include on the form a

means of succinctly describing whether each of those items

passes inspection. (H-11-43)

Audit your vehicle inspection program to ensure that

inspections conform to requirements of the Missouri Motor

Vehicle Inspection Regulations. (H-11-44)

Revise your bus evacuation regulations to require that

pupils traveling to an activity or on a field trip in a

school bus or a school-chartered bus be instructed in safe

riding practices and on the location and operation of

emergency exits prior to starting the trip. (H-11-45)

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