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Re: Do not use US Coachways
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According to the government, 12 passenger vans qualify as a "school bus" since they seat more than 10 people, and they don't meet school bus roll-over regulations.
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We (FTC 5070) had the same issue with US Coachways going to the South Superregional this year. They canceled on us on Friday (after hassling them a bit for confirmation) when we had to leave the next Monday. Luckily we got a bus from Pegasus in time, but that put us in quite a panic.
So when we were reserving a bus for Championships for our FRC team 4013, we made sure to avoid US Coachways. Completely agree with OP to avoid booking with them. |
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It is actually another one of those mis-targeted rules. Current models are quite safe, but in most states the rules are written based on capacity. A new 15 passenger van is much less likely to roll over than, say, a 1983 8 passenger.
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Your results will vary but we were told for four years it was illegal and when the rubber met the road it wasn't. |
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I had checked our state law and unfortunately found this one to be true; I don't just take someone's word for it. Our rookie year when I started the team and got ready to place a big AndyMark order on my credit card, I got nailed with the you-can't-order-stuff-without-an-approved-PO speech and was told that was state law. At week 3 of build season and still no PO's approved, I checked and it wasn't the case - the school board was very sympathetic to understanding our needs during build season and waived their "local policy" for us.
Here is a copy of the current policy on vans in Alabama |
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That might be a local school system rule, it is not a state law in GA. The government is big place. Rules vary and are often contradictory. Especially when it comes to full size passenger vans.
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Here is a research survey from 2008 (its likely still relevant) on 12 and 15 passenger vans and students. http://www.safercar.gov/staticfiles/...vap2008ap1.pdf Quote:
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Just wanted to bump this thread so those who might not have seen it last year can use this information when booking coaches this year.
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Glad someone bumped this post. I read all the way through it not knowing it was a year old. As commented earlier, I think this is a good thread to put out there every January or so for teams to read through. We use a local bus company for all of our trips of which we have 4 this year.
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