Several recent bus and truck accidents in Ohio and across the country have drawn the attention of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) who summoned members of the bus and trucking industries to a meeting to discuss what can be done to improve highway and road safety.

Although federal regulators have been focused on trucking accidents for many years, bus safety has become an increased cause for of concern since a fatal bus accident claimed the lives of 15 passengers when a bus drove off an elevated highway in March. Accident reports indicated that driver fatigue might have been a factor in that fatal accident.