這篇有點長，不過寫得比較完整。雖然沒寫「華人巴士」，但媒體應該都查得出 來老闆是誰 --- U.S. Department of Transportation Shuts Down 26 Bus Operations in Unprecedented Sweep Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Year-Long Investigation Finds Network of Curbside Operators Poses "Imminent Hazard" to Public Safety 美國運輸部前所未有地暫停26家巴士公司營運 聯邦汽車運輸安全管理局的長達一年的調查發現此種停在路邊營運的巴士業者對 公眾安全造成「立即危險」 U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590 www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 14-12 Thursday, May 31, 2012 Contact: Shashunga Clayton Tel.: (202) 366-9999 http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/news/news-releases/2012/I-95-Bus-Release.aspx WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today it has shut down 26 bus operations, declaring them imminent hazards to public safety. This action is the largest single safety crackdown in the agency's history. Additionally, FMCSA ordered 10 individual bus company owners, managers and employees to cease all passenger transportation operations, which includes selling bus tickets to passengers. The bus companies transported over 1,800 passengers a day along Interstate-95, from New York to Florida. 華盛頓－美國運輸部聯邦汽車運輸安全管理局今天宣佈已關閉了26家巴士業 者，宣稱他們對公眾安全造成立即危害。此次以安全因素下令業者停止營業是 FMCSA 史上最大規模。此外，FMCSA 下令10個別巴士公司的所有者、管理者和員 工停止所有客運業務，包括出售車票。95號州際公路上的巴士公司每天運送超過 1,800名乘客，範圍從紐約到佛羅里達州。 Following a year-long investigation, FMCSA shut down three primary companies -- Apex Bus, Inc., I-95 Coach, Inc. and New Century Travel, Inc. -- that oversaw a broad network of other bus companies. The 26 shutdown orders apply to one ticket seller, nine active bus companies, 13 companies already ordered out of service that were continuing to operate, and three companies attempting to apply for operating authority. The various companies are based out of Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. 經過長達一年的調查，FMCSA 關閉三個主要公司——今日巴士、華美巴士公 司和新世紀旅遊巴士公司，這三家並下轄的其他眾多巴士公司。這26個被下令停 止營業包含一個售票公司、九家實際運作的巴士司、13家已被勒令停業但仍在營 業的公司，及三家正申請營業許可的公司。這些公司主要以喬治亞州、印第安納 州、馬里蘭州、紐約州、北卡羅來納州和賓夕法尼亞州為根據地。 Federal safety investigators found all of the carriers had multiple safety violations, including a continuous pattern of using drivers without valid commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) and failure to have alcohol and drug testing programs. In addition, the companies operated vehicles that had not been regularly inspected and repaired. The companies' drivers also had serious hours-of-service and driver qualification violations. 聯邦安全調查人員發現，所有的運營商有多個違反安全規定，包含使用無有 效的商業駕駛執照的司機和和未設有酒精及藥物檢測程序。此外，這些公司的車 輛沒有定期檢查和維修，而司機亦嚴重超時工作和違反駕駛資格。 These many safety deficiencies, individually and in combination, posed a serious safety threat to passengers and motorists on our roadways. 這些安全缺陷，不論是單獨或合併發生，在道路上構成了對乘客和駕駛人嚴 重的安全威脅。 "These aggressive enforcement actions against unsafe bus companies send a clear signal: If you put passengers' safety at risk, we will shut you down," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. "Safety is and will always be our highest priority." 美國運輸部長Ray LaHood表示，這些對不安全巴士公司積極的執法行動傳達 了明確的訊息：如果危害乘客安全，我們就勒令停業。安全一直是我們最重視的 項目。 "The egregious acts of these carriers put the unsuspecting public at risk, and they must be removed from our highways immediately," said FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro. "With the help of multiple state law enforcement partners, we are putting every unsafe bus and truck company on notice to follow the safety laws or be shut down." FMCSA 局長Anne S. Ferro 表示，這些業者令人震驚的行為讓不知情的民眾 置身於危險中，必須立刻逐出我們的公路。在各州執法單位的協助下，我們對每 一個不安全的巴士和卡車業者發出通知請他們依循安全法規或被勒令停業。 In addition to the Imminent Hazard Orders, FMCSA is taking further steps to ensure the bus companies they shut down today cannot continue to operate under other names. Under a new FMCSA rule, FMCSA has revoked the carriers' operating authority and linked the active companies to other companies previously placed out of service. This new rule, published in April, expands FMCSA's authority to take action against unsafe motor carriers that attempt to evade enforcement by "reincarnating" into other forms or by illegally continuing their operations through affiliate companies. FMCSA will continue to work closely with local, state and federal law enforcement officials to ensure these companies remain out of service. 除了下達「造成立即危險」的命令，FMCSA 更採取進一步措施確保被勒令停 業的巴士公司無法再以其他名稱繼續營業。根據FMCSA 的新規則，FMCSA 已撤銷 這些業者的營運許可，並把這些實際營運的公司和以往被勒令停業的公司做連結 〔可能是找到其中關係，這句不太會翻〕。這項 4月發佈的新規則，擴大FMCSA 對不安全業者採取行動的權限，包含對不安全的汽車運營商嘗試「轉世」成其他 形式〔換個名字後申請營業許可〕或非法透過其他公司繼續其業務。FMCSA 將繼 續與地方、州和聯邦執法單位密切合作，以確保這些公司無法繼續營業。 FMCSA began investigating the network of carriers operating along I-95 following a series of deadly bus crashes last spring. FMCSA ordered several bus companies to shut down last summer after a comprehensive compliance review of their operations. The investigation of those operators uncovered additional problems and serious safety violations with other I-95 carriers, and FMCSA investigators have been working diligently ever since to establish the links between the bus networks. FMCSA 在去年春天一連串致命的巴士事故後開始調查I-95沿途巴士業者的營 業網路。在完整的營運檢查後，FMCSA 去年夏天對幾個巴士公司勒令停業。這項 調查更揭露I-95沿線其他巴士業者更多問題和違反安全規範，且FMCSA 的調查員 並盡力建立〔這些〕巴士業者網路彼此的關係。 Over the last several years, the DOT has taken aggressive efforts to strengthen motorcoach safety and enforcement. The DOT has doubled the number of bus inspections of the nation's estimated 4,000 passenger bus companies -- from 12,991 in 2005 to 28,982 in 2011. Staying committed to the Motorcoach Safety Action Plan, in January 2010 FMCSA banned texting by commercial drivers, and in November 2011 the agency prohibited commercial drivers from reaching for, holding or dialing a cell phone while operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). Earlier this year, FMCSA also released the SaferBus mobile app to give travelers a quick way to view a bus company's safety record before buying an interstate ticket or booking group travel. 過去幾年，運輸部盡力加強巴士安全及執法。運輸部已加倍對全國估計4000 家巴士業者車輛檢查的數量，從2005年的12,991輛到2011年的28,982輛。在持續 執行的巴士安全行動中，2010月 1月FMCSA 禁止商業駕駛在行車中發簡訊，在 2011年11月並禁止商業車輛駕駛在行車中拿取、持有，或使用手機。今年早些時 間FMCSA 還發佈SaferBus的App 讓旅客在買跨州車票或預訂團體行程前能快速檢 視巴士業者的安全記錄。 Earlier this month, FMCSA and its state and local law enforcement partners conducted safety inspections of motorcoaches, tour buses, school buses and other commercial passenger buses in 13 states and the District of Columbia. This effort resulted in over 2,200 safety inspections and the successful removal of 116 CMV drivers and 169 buses from the roadway for substantial safety violations. 本月早些時候，FMCSA 和各州和地方執法單位對13州和華盛頓特區的大客車 、遊覽車、校車和其他商業客車進行安全檢查。在超過2200個安全檢查中，以潛 在安全因素成功禁止 116名商業車輛駕駛和 169輛巴士繼續營業。 Congress is also currently considering surface transportation legislation which, if passed, would adopt several new safety policy proposals to further protect bus customers, including: 國會目前也正在考慮對陸上運輸訂立法規，法規通過後，將有新的安全政策 建議，以進一步保護巴士乘客，包括： * Granting FMCSA greater authority to pursue enforcement action against unsafe "reincarnated" companies by establishing a single national standard for successor liability that eliminates the loophole allowing bus and truck companies that have been shut down for unsafe operations to recreate themselves; 授予FMCSA 對不安全、「借屍還魂」的業者更大的執法權限，並建立承繼 業者責任的單一標準，消除因安全因素停業的業者「復活」的漏洞； * Eliminating the jurisdictional gap that prevents FMCSA from directly regulating passenger carrier brokers, including ticket sellers that are not also motor carriers; 消除執法權的差距，使FMCSA 直接規範客運掮客，包含售票者非實際服務 提供者； * Enhancing FMCSA and its state partners' authority to inspect buses at locations with adequate food, shelter and sanitation facilities for passengers; 加強FMCSA 和州執法單位的權限，在有乘客足夠食物、住所和衛生設施下 能對巴士進行檢查； * Requiring new passenger carriers to undergo a full safety audit before receiving operating authority; and 要求新巴士業者在獲得營運許可前進行完整的安全檢查 * Raising the penalty from $2,200 to $25,000 a day against passenger carriers that attempt to operate without valid USDOT operating authority. 將對非法營業〔無有效運輸部營運許可〕的業者罰款，從每日2200元〔美 金，下同〕提高到25,000元。 Consumers are also encouraged to report any unsafe bus company, vehicle or driver to the FMCSA through a toll-free hotline 1-888-DOT-SAFT (1-888-368-7238) or FMCSA's online National Consumer Complaint Database [ http://nccdb.fmcsa.dot.gov/HomePage.asp ]. 我們並鼓勵乘客利用免費熱線1-888-368-7238或FMCSA 的線上全國消費者投 訴資料庫向FCMSA 舉報任何不安全的巴士公司、車輛或駕駛。 --- 翻得不好請見諒，但絕對比Google翻譯好 XD 用Google翻後還得大修 orz --- 如果在臺灣實施這些措施，應該不久就被河蟹掉了吧 XDD -- 火車開了...... 1996.10.31.光華號特快車DR2700型行駛30週年紀念 40DR２７０１ 光華號 １ 往石牌 1998. 6. 9.慶祝CK101蒸氣機車復活行駛 ＣＫ１０１ 1998. 7.16.淡水線鐵路停駛十週年紀念 2001. 8.25.慶祝淡水線鐵路通車百週年 --

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