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Since the Oct 1st route cuts the Nashville MTA buses have become overcrowded. Nashville's MTA uses 40' Gilig buses with a manufacturers capacity limit of 40 people. Reports of up to 60 people on a bus have been reported. A recent wreck on Dickerson Rd. where a stopped bus was bumped by a tractor trailer caused 7 people to be taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
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Has anyone ever called the number on the back of a lorry/van/truck that asks 'Driven well?'?
Over crowded buses are not only a Nashville problem, but a problem in just about every medium to major metropolitan area in the country. Put that together with more and more reckless driving by the general public at large, and you have a recipe for disaster.I have long supported the idea for a nationwide law that would require seat belts not only on school buses nationwide, but for public transit buses as well. But unfortunately the ideas always been shot down 'because it would cost too much'. To which I say the potential savings against lawsuits alone would make seat belts worth it.
The other idea I would support is a no standing policy.Standing on a moving bus is hard enough. Standing on a bus that has just been rear-ended is impossible. I'm surprised there hasn't been an accident like that one yet where the passengers ended up flying through the front window. Mark my words it will happen one day, and then, and only then (since we are a reactionary society that only acts AFTER something has gone deadly wrong), will something be done to correct the situation.
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