September 16, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A transportation advisory board is recommending that all commercial drivers be forbidden from using cell phones while driving, whether the devices are hand-held or hands-free.
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Tags: cell phone ban, Department of Transportation, Kentucky bus crash, NTSB, Ray LaHood, texting ban
June 27, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Even if your company isn’t in transportation, some items on the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) Most Wanted List of 10 safety issues are easily applicable to all sorts of industries.
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Tags: fatigue, i2p2, Most Wanted List, NTSB, safety management systems
June 23, 2011 by Fred Hosier
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) points the finger at operator cell phone use in its report on the cause of a double fatal crash between a tourist boat and a barge one year ago.
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Tags: cell phone, duck boat crash, NTSB, Ride the Ducks
May 6, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A train operator caused a crash that resulted in 68 injuries and $9.6 million dollars in damages, according to a federal report.
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Tags: Boston, cell phone, MBTA train crash, NTSB, texting
January 26, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A National Transportation Safety Board investigation shows a collision between two trains in California in 2008 that killed 25 people and injured 102 more was caused by the engineer running a red light while text-messaging.
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Tags: cell phones, Metrolink, NTSB, texting, train crash
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