OH, NO, NOT ANOTHER AC STOP??????

On Friday, December 28, 2001, the same bus (Panoramic #3) was stopped for the fourth time in two months.  C’mon, fellas!

ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY AT THE SHOWBOAT CASINO. an NJDOT inspector stopped our driver just after arrival at the casino.

It was about 10:45 a.m.  There were three other buses on either side of P#3.  The NJDOT inspector asked our driver if he had been inspected before, and recently.

It meant nothing to the inspector that this was the fourth time in two months.

The inspector says the ICC and DOT numbers on the side of our bus do not match the NJDOT computer.  Our driver was ordered to drive to New Jersey Avenue for a safety inspection.

Upon arrival at the inspection site, now infamously well-known to our driver, there were two other buses already in line for another random inspection.  The NJDOT inspector boarded our P#3 to inspect the interior from 11:10 to 11:15 a.m. and then the undercarriage from 11:25 to 11:35.  The NJDOT inspector returned to our driver at 11:55 a.m. with paperwork.  We were allowed to leave after being given various citations.  There was one other bus being inspected at the time (11:55 a.m.) our driver departed.

The NJDOT inspector’s report states that the inspection started at 10:42 and ended at 11:42 a.m.

One citation was:  Drivers (sic) record of duty status not current/no record for 12/28/01 — and — Drivers (sic) record of duty status not current/no recorded (sic) for 12/24/01.  Our driver explained that as soon as he was approached, he started to complete his log for Christmas Eve day (when he did not work).  The inspector demanded to see the driver’s logs at that moment.  It used to be that state troopers and equivalent would allow a truck driver or bus driver 10 minutes to bring the logs up to date.  Things are getting tougher, apparently.

 
 
 

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