Ama-Feds avale osomatekisi abangama-26 abangaphephile

WASHINGTON, DC - Ewubiza ngokuthi umkhankaso omkhulu kunayo yonke ezinkampanini zamabhasi uMnyango Wezokuthutha owake wazenza, uNobhala uRay LaHood umemezele ngoLwesine ukuthi le nhlangano ivale osomatekisi abangu-26 ngokwephula imithetho yezokuphepha.

Umemezele ukuthi imisebenzi iyizingozi ezisondelene nokuphepha komphakathi.

Izikhulu ziphinde zayalela "abanikazi benkampani yamabhasi abangu-10, abaphathi kanye nabasebenzi ukuba bayeke yonke imisebenzi yokuhamba kwabagibeli, okubandakanya ukuthengisa abagibeli ngamathikithi ebhasi," kusho uMnyango Wezokuthutha.

"Laba basebenzisi bathutha abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-1,800 95 ngosuku, benyuka benyuka ngomhubhe we-I-XNUMX usuka eNew York uye eFlorida," kusho uLaHood. "Lokhu kuhlulwa kwezokuphepha kwamabhasi nabantu abagibela la mabhasi."

Imiyalo engu-26 yokuvala ukusebenza isebenza ezinkampanini eziyisishiyagalolunye ezisebenzayo, izinkampani eziyi-13 esezivele zaziyalela ukusebenza ebeziqhubeka nokusebenza, izinkampani ezintathu ezizama ukufaka isicelo seziphathimandla zokusebenza kanye nomthengisi wamathikithi oyedwa, kusho uMnyango Wezokuthutha.

Konke sekutsheliwe, izinkampani zisebenza phakathi kwamabhasi angama-30 kuya kwangama-35 futhi zizinze eGeorgia, Indiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina nasePennsylvania, ngokusho komnyango.

Izikhulu zisola ukuthi izinkampani zisebenzisa amabhasi adinga ukulungiswa, zehluleka ukuhlola abashayeli ngotshwala nezidakamizwa, zehluleka ukubhala kahle iziqu zokwelashwa, futhi zagcina abashayeli besesondweni ngaphezu kwemingcele esemthethweni.

"Abantu bavuka nsuku zonke basebenzise izinto zokuhamba eziningi ezahlukene bengacabangi ngezokuphepha, futhi asifuni bakhathazeke ngokuphepha kwebhasi abagibela kuyo noma umgwaqo omkhulu abahamba ngawo," kusho uLaHood. .

Lo mkhankaso udalwe ngemuva kwezingozi eziningi zamabhasi futhi kwaba ngumphumela wophenyo olwenziwe unyaka nonyaka yiFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, uMnyango Wezokuthutha obhekene nomsebenzi wokulawula ukuphepha kwamabhasi.

NgoMeyi 31, 2011, unyaka owodwa kuze kube usuku olwandulela isimemezelo sangoLwesine, abagibeli abane babulawa kwathi abanye abangu-53 balimala engozini yebhasi laseVirginia. Abaphenyi bathi ukukhathala ohlangothini lomshayeli uKin Yiu Cheung kudale ukuthi ibhasi ligijime emgwaqeni lagingqika. UCheung ubhekene namacala amane okubulala ngokungenhloso futhi kulindeleke ukuthi aquliswe icala ngoJuni 25, kusho umabhalane wasenkantolo yaseCaroline County Virginia.

"Ukuphahlazeka nokunye ukushona okufana nokwenzeka ngesikhathi sino-I-95 ngonyaka odlule kwaholela ekutheni inkampani yethu yenze lolu phenyo olungakaze lube khona ngonyaka owodwa ezinkampanini zamabhasi eziyingozi nezingekho emthethweni ezisebenza ngokweqa izindinganiso zethu zokuphepha," kusho i-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne UFerro utshele abezindaba.

Kwenye ingozi, u-Ophadell Williams, 40, ubesemuva kwesondo lebhasi lokuvakasha elishayise umgoqo oseceleni komgwaqo eNew York, kwashona abagibeli abangu-15. Ngemuva kwale ngozi, umhloli-jikelele waseNew York waveza ukuthi uWilliams bekungafanele anikezwe ilayisense yokushayela amabhasi, kepha ukwazile ukuyisebenzisa ngokusolwa ngokusebenzisa amagama angombombayi nemininingwane engamanga.

Isitatimende soMnyango wezokuThutha sithi siliphindaphinde kabili inani lokuhlolwa kwamabhasi ezinkampanini zabagibeli ezibalelwa ku-4,000 12,991 ezweni, lisuka ku-2005 28,982 ngo-2011 laya ku-XNUMX XNUMX ngo-XNUMX.

IFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ivale izinkampani ezintathu eziyinhloko - i-Apex Bus Inc., I-95 Coach Inc. kanye neNew Century Travel Inc. - ebiphethe inethiwekhi ebanzi yezinye izinkampani zamabhasi.

"Ngophenyo lwethu amaqembu ethu ezomthetho athole izindlela eziningi zokuphulwa komthetho okwenziwa yizinethiwekhi ezintathu zamabhizinisi," kusho uFerro. Uthe izinkampani "zithole izikhala" futhi zikwazile ukubuyela emgwaqeni noma ngabe iziphathimandla sezivalile.

Ukuqothulwa kwezinkampani okuthiwa zikhohlakele kushayelwe ihlombe yi-American Bus Association, okuyiqembu labasebenzi elimele umqeqeshi wezimoto nezinkampani zamabhasi ahambela izindawo ezithile.

Izenzo zale nhlangano “zidlulele ngalé kokuhlolwa komgwaqo okungahleliwe, futhi i-ABA isekela kakhulu lezi zinhlobo zemizamo yokuqinisa umthetho. Sizoqhubeka nokweseka (i-ejensi), futhi sinxusa amalungu ethu ukuthi asebenze ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu kwezokuphepha, ”kusho uMengameli wenhlangano uPeter Pantuso esitatimendeni.

Amabhasi ahlala eyindlela yokuhamba edumile yabantu baseMelika, ethwala cishe abagibeli abaningi unyaka ngamunye njengezindiza zezentengiso. Babalelwa ku-750 million abagibeli abagibela abagibeli nabagibeli ngonyaka, uma kuqhathaniswa nabagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-800 ezindizeni, ngokusho kokhulumela i-American Bus Association uDan Ronan.

NgoMashi, uMnyango Wezokuthutha wamemezela uhlelo olusha, “Bheka Ngaphambi Kokubhuka,” kanye nohlelo lokusebenza lwe-smartphone oluvumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bakwazi ukufinyelela kumarekhodi ezokuphepha abagibeli babagibeli ababalelwa ku-6,000 abangaphandle. Amarekhodi aqukethe imininingwane yokuphepha nokuhlola mayelana nolayini bamabhasi abazimele, amabhasi ezikole kanye nabaqhubi bamabhasi okuvakasha.

Ukuze usebenzise uhlelo lokusebenza, abagibeli bangasesha inkampani yamabhasi noma inombolo yokubhalisa yenkampani. Imininingwane enikezwe uhlelo lokusebenza iveza ukuthi ngubani ongumnikazi webhasi nomlando wokuphepha wenkampani yebhasi.

Isheke lohlelo lokusebenza sikhombise ukuthi izinkampani ezithintekayo kulesi simemezelo sangoLwesine "azivunyelwe ukusebenza."