Should Intercity Bus Drivers Be Allowed to Use CB Radios

摘要

The report is the result of a study to determine the safety benefits or liabilities of allowing CB radios on intercity buses. Each of seven areas is addressed in a separate chapter of this report as follows: types and frequency of on-board emergencies and the likelihood that these emergencies might be prevented or ameliorated by CB radio use; types and frequency of bus accidents and the likelihood that the consequences of these and other roadside accidents might be prevented or ameliorated by the CB radio use; potential for drivers to use CB radios to evade speed law enforcement; probability that CB radios would distract bus drivers and reduce operating safety; likelihood that passengers would be annoyed by the noise and chatter, especially obscene language, coming over the CB radio; effectiveness of CB radios in relaying emergency calls; and existence of cost-effective alternative communications devices.