NTSB Chairman addresses NJ Motorcoach Industry Group.
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Addressing 2008 annual membership meeting of Greater New Jersey Motorcoach Association in Atlantic City, NJ, NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker urged motorcoach executives to take action when accidents occur and make safety improvements that will bring industry closer to accident-free environment. Rosenker focused on most notable highway accidents in recent years and safety recommendations that have resulted from NTSB investigations.
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NTSB Chairman Addresses New Jersey Motorcoach Industry Group
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker today urged New Jersey-based motorcoach executives to take action when accidents occur and make safety
improvements that will bring the industry closer to an accident-free environment.
Addressing the 2008 annual membership meeting of the Greater New Jersey Motorcoach Association (GNJMA) in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Rosenker focused on some of the most notable highway accidents in recent years and the safety recommendations that have resulted from the NTSB investigations.
Rosenker pointed out that tragedies like the collapse of the Boston "Big Dig" tunnel ceiling panel and the Minneapolis bridge not only attract huge amounts of media attention, but also shake Americans' confidence in their nation's roadways. "[O]ur job [at the NTSB] is to restore the confidence of the traveling public after a major transportation disaster by conducting an unbiased, independent investigation to
determine the cause of the accident and find solutions to prevent it from happening again."
In his closing remarks, Rosenker called on the New Jersey motorcoach industry executives to "find a maintenance improvement, implement a new operational policy, provide better training, embrace a new technology, but take action and do something different." Rosenker concluded by saying, "Therefore, my charge to you is, when accidents occur, which they inevitably will, take action, and do something to make
your company a safer place for your passengers, your employees, your families, and your community."
The complete text of Chairman Rosenker's speech may be obtained on the Board's website at http://www.ntsb.gov/speeches/rosenker/mvr080604.html
