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PUC head says gap in limo safety inspections and oversight after bridge fire is "significant concern"
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 9 days ago
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In the wake of last weekend's limousine fire that killed five women, California Public Utilities Commission members on Thursday called for tighter safety regulations, including annual inspections and rules governing how stretch limos are built. "This
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California oversight of limo safety under scrutiny after fire kills five on San Mateo Bridge
San Leandro :: CA :: USA | 11 days ago
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Like most stretch limos, the 1999 Lincoln Town Car had been modified -- cut in half, its fuel and electrical lines severed, and rebuilt with a large passenger compartment in the middle. But since the car was licensed to carry less than 10 people, the
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Discount Bus Operator Pulls Majority Of Fleet Over Safety Concerns
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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The operator of one of Chinatown's biggest discount bus services has been forced to pull much of its fleet off the road because of safety issues. Fung Wah has taken 21 of its 28 buses off the road after Massachusetts inspectors found significant
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Pool safety laws up for review
Adelaide :: Australia | 4 months ago
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Messenger Newspapers of 12 councils across metropolitan Adelaide has found in some areas more than 70 per cent of inspected pools were deemed unsafe, for reasons that included: gates not closing, fences not meeting requirements, and items being left
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Pennsylvania measure would end inspections for new vehicles
Harrisburg :: PA :: USA | 7 months ago
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New-car buyers often question why the state makes them get annual safety and emissions inspections on new vehicles, say two state senators from Western Pennsylvania...Elder Vogel and John Wozniak are trying to eliminate those requirements and their
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Cable's red tape exemptions get muted welcome
Barnsley :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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Handout/Getty Images Slashing red tape including health and safety inspections for smaller companies is not a "silver bullet" for restoring economic growth, according to the organisation representing more than 100,000 British businesses. The British
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Safety inspections set to be cut
New York :: NY :: USA | 8 months ago
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Health and safety inspections cut in anti-red tape drive Health and safety inspections will still apply to areas deemed to be of high risk, such as construction sites Plans to exempt thousands of businesses from health and safety inspections are to
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STRs: Trying To Draw the Line
Austin :: TX :: USA | 12 months ago
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Rather than supporting the more complicated recommendations approved by the Planning Commission two weeks ago, staffers have subscribed to the almost-libertarian view that a simpler, clearer bureaucratic process will lead to better communication
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Emissions inspections taken to the streets
Bogotá :: Colombia | 1 year ago
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Remember back in April 2010 when the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission no longer required you to get on line for a vehicle safety inspection?...MVC inspectors examined Ellen Doll-Schmidt's car in Bogota last month. "They checked my exhaust, lights,
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Carbon dated: Lawmaker says emissions testing on vehicles no longer necessary
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 1 year ago
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01am on Mar 11, 2012; Modified: 12:44am on Mar 11, 2012 Jim Watkins pressue tests the gas cap during a Pennsylvania Emissions Inspection on a vehicle at Tire Town Auto Service Center, in State College, Pa., February 7, 2012.
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