The Fung Wah bus company, which has a history of crashes and other safety problems, has taken almost its entire fleet off the road following inspections by the state Department of Public Utilities that found cracks in the frames of many of the company’s aging buses.
The department is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to shut down the low-cost carrier until it fixes safety problems found in the state inspections. The DPU does not have that authority.
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Anyone that rides that bus line is telling us that they value their life at $15.00.
Is the state really concerned about safety or is this just another way to collect money from this carrier? And the accidents mentioned in this story sound more like an improperly trained driver than the fault of the bus. In any case, Fung Wah seems to provide a service that is lacking and which people are willing to use. Nevertheless, they can and should make an effort to better maintain their fleet of buses and with the negative publicity, they undoubtedly will. It would be a shame to see these low costs carriers forced out.
Cracks in the frame, axles and engine mounts, posing a danger not only to passengers, but others on the road.
A Fung Wah bus on the road is a dash cam video just waiting to go viral.
Fung Wah busses crack open like a fortune cookie
I wonder why it took almost 5 to 6 years to take them off road! Just two incidents of 787 dreamliner are off the sky!