Monday, May 23, 2016

GREYHOUND BUS DRIVER ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL Julia Woltjen (3rd period)

SUMMARY: Recently a Greyhound bus driving from New York to Cincinnati collided into the back of an eighteen wheeler, leaving its driver dead and multiple passengers injured. Passengers including aspiring young opera singer Elora Lencoski. She as well as a friend were on their way back from New York after having met their idol a once glorified opera singer. Now after the crash Elora finds herself wroth a damaged vocal box and many hindering leaving her singing capabilities at an unknown.

ANALYSIS: I feel that this crash is entirely preventable seeing that most passengers boarded the bus and saw their driver with blood shot eyes and a fatigued look, most are thinking that she fell asleep behind the wheel. Elora is now seeing greyhound as a result to the loss of her vocal capabilities and other damages done. The company is beginning to look internally to find a way to allow drivers to get more sleep. If drivers didn't have to drove hours on end at time, crashes like these would become fewer and fewer. Not all crashes can be prevented but these kind can be lessened.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/us/greyhound-investigation/index.html

1 comment:

  1. Unbelievable! These drivers need to know what kind of shape they are in before they start driving kids around.

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