Bus crashes or collisions tend to be even more catastrophic than any other. Buses carry people, which increases more suffering from a single incident.
Generally, bus crashes also involve more severe injuries – unrestrained by seatbelts passengers are more likely to be thrown around, colliding with each other and the physical structures of the bus.
The potential for human tragedy and injury is greater in the event of a bus crash than any other type of motor vehicle wreck.
Bus crashes occur for a number of reasons: unqualified drivers, driver inattention, driver distraction and inadequate/improper maintenance to name a handful.
Another danger presented by buses involves left turns and potential harm to pedestrians or other motorists sharing the roadway. Left turns can cause visibility issues for drivers – they have to work to look around side mirrors and bus frames.
More than one untrained or inattentive bus driver has failed to look while executing a left turn through an intersection and mowed down a pedestrian legally in the crosswalk. Turning left also, depending on the layout of the roadway, means turning across the path of oncoming lanes of traffic. With the extended size of a bus, this can present a risk to passengers and oncoming traffic.
With the increased danger so too does the duty of the bus driver increase to exercise the highest degree of care.
Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C., represents injured passengers in bus crashes, including those involving mass transit providers like Greyhound, All Aboard America, ABQ Ride, Rapid Ride, Herrera Coaches, US Coachways and other bus charter companies.
Having a knowledgeable and dedicated attorney like Matt Vance at Law Office of Matthew Vance, P.C., on your side is critical to holding the bus driver and the bus company responsible for their actions or inactions and for the harms they cause.
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