Arizona is reversing on highway safety. At midnight, speed cameras on the state’s freeways went off, the Arizona Republic reports. We all hate these cameras when we get caught. But we know why they’re there. Just drive up the state’s many gorgeous and winding mountains. Cars break the 75-mile per hour limit – even to [...]
Archive for July, 2010
July 12, 2010 | Comments Off
NTSB: Other boats heard the Duck boat on the radio
Other boats in the area heard the radio calls from the duck boat run over by a barge last week, NTSB said in a statement released Monday. In interviews with NTSB on Friday, the duck boat master said he tried to tell the tow boat guiding the barge to change course, but there was no [...]
July 10, 2010 | 2 Comments
NTSB releases information from interviews with duck boat crew
The senior crew of the duck boat that sank on the Delaware River Wednesday told NTSB officials that everything was in working order when he inspected the boat before the fatal trip. At a press conference Friday night, NTSB board memebr Robert Sumwalt said the master of the boat, a 58-year-old man with the duck [...]
July 10, 2010 | 2 Comments
Photos of Philadephia boat accident site — July 9
Below is a selection of photos from the site of Wednesday’s boat accident in Philadelphia that left two dead. A barge ran over a duck boat that was stopped in the Delaware River because of engine trouble. The boat quickly sank, sending all 37 passengers into the water. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating [...]
July 09, 2010 | Comments Off
Bodies of two missing passengers recovered, boat brought to surfact
Philadelphia — It took more than two days, but the wreckage from Wednesday’s duck boat accident and the bodies of two passengers are now recovered. A salvage company brought the boat out of the water at about 2:45 p.m. and loaded it onto the company’s barge. The company will bring the boat to shore for [...]
July 09, 2010 | Comments Off
NTSB investigation underway, Coast Guard calls off search
Philadelphia — The National Transportation Safety Board held a press conference Thursday afternoon to explain its investigation procedures for Wednesday’s potentially fatal boat accident. But board member Robert Sumwalt, the only one to speak at the press conference, spent more time telling local media that NTSB still has few answers and it will be a [...]
July 08, 2010 | Comments Off
Barge sinks tour boat in Philadelphia, 2 passengers missing
The Delaware River is a busy site for both tourism and shipping, a fatal combination on Wednesday. An amphibious tour boat — a boat that can travel on land and water — was struck by a barge while stopped in a shipping channel.The Duck boat, as they’re commonly called, capsized and sank. Thirty-five of the [...]
July 07, 2010 | Comments Off
FMCSA battling rumors, resistance from industry as it gradually unveils new safety compliance system
For the past five years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been working on a new safety initiative called CSA 2010, as well as a new safety compliance system, the Safety Management System (Safety Management System). The initiative is still very much a work in progress, and will not meet the agency’s original goal [...]
July 01, 2010 | Comments Off
FAA issues new runway safety rule to prevent runway collisions
As of this week, pilots will need specific clearance from an air traffic controller for every runway he or she crosses when taxiing to take off or heading back to the airport after landing. The rule change is likely to satisfy a 10-year-old NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ recommendation to prevent runway incursions and improve runway [...]