Unsafe Buses Stay on Road as U.S. Agency Grants Extensions
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Eight times since October, U.S. bus-safety regulators gave extensions allowing operators to stay on the road after finding problems serious enough to shut them down, according to Transportation Department records.
The May 31 crash of a Sky Express bus outside Richmond, Virginia, that killed four passengers occurred three days into a 10-day reprieve the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company received from a shutdown order. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood ordered an end to such extensions after the crash.