In our October 2009 magazine issue we investigated the issue of brake pedal misapplication and a push by the National Transportation Safety Board to get NHTSA to write a new vehicle standard that would require all new school buses come equipped with brake transmission interlock systems.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, the EPA and the California Air Resources Board announced a single time frame for proposing fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for model year 2017-2025 cars and light-duty trucks.
Conversations at the NSTA mid-winter meeting in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, included a rumored sale of Carrier Corporation's product line for school bus climate control, assertions the company publicly denies.