Bus company banned from U.S. roads after California crash

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Bus company banned from U.S. roads after California crash

LOS ANGELES | Sat Feb 9, 2013 12:06am EST

(Reuters) - The federal government has prohibited a bus company from operating in the United States after one of its coaches crashed last weekend on a California mountain road, killing eight people, a federal agency said on Friday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a unit of the U.S. Department of Transportation, called the company, Scapadas Magicas LLC, an imminent hazard. The driver of the bus told investigators his brakes had failed.

Scapadas Magicas, which has offices in Tijuana, Mexico, and across the border in National City, California, has been cited multiple times for brake problems, according to the formal order against the tour bus company.

On Sunday, one of the tour company's buses was returning to Mexico from a ski outing at California's Big Bear Lake resort.

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[Teamster Jeff]

1. Good..Let's keep Mexican trucks off U.S. roads too. n/t

[Egalitarian Thug]

2. This has been major problem for at least 20 years. Using Mexican carriers to transport

freight because they are much cheaper has directly lead to many deaths on California highways. Bad brakes, bad tires, unqualified drivers, lack of safety equipment, and so on. Yet every time this has been brought up in the statehouse, the beneficiaries of this have managed to buy enough legislators to block any meaningful action.