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Not everyone can afford to drive a car, especially these days, which makes buses a very important part of the United Sates public transportation system. Unfortunately, a large number of buses every year are the cause of traffic accidents or in some way are involved in traffic fatalities and injuries.

The results of a bus crash often are catastrophic. Buses usually carry passengers who ride without safety measures, such as seatbelts or any other type of restraint to protect them in an accident. Buses also have a tendency to roll over and crush passengers inside, and buses’ many windows can lead to much shattered glass.

A major cause of accidents when it comes to a bus is the increasing congestion on roadways. As traffic has gone up, so have the number of injuries and deaths that result from bus accidents.

But bus accidents also can be caused by defective machinery, improper maintenance or an untrained driver or operator. Drivers can be guilty of inattention or error due to tiredness, stress or other factors. Accidents also can happen due to poor road or weather conditions. Also, some bus companies which go out of business due to safety violations have been able to reopen quickly simply by using another name.

Bus accident lawyer can serve many

Millions of Americans use buses as transportation, including 24 million elementary and secondary students who need buses to travel to and from school. Of these, almost 12,000 children are injured each year in school bus accidents.

A bus accident lawyer can be very helpful if your child has been injured by a school bus. Making claims for damages against a public entity such as a school or a school district can be difficult, and there are strict time limitations to make them. The laws are intricate and vary greatly depending on circumstances surrounding the accident.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a public or charter bus accident, you can file for a claim of damages against the bus company, which must fulfill a duty of utmost care that comes with being a public carrier of passengers. This duty is considered to be bigger than the duty owed by the bus company to drivers of other vehicles and to pedestrians on the road.

Since buses usually are intended for passenger transportation, the rules and regulations related to a bus company’s liability for passengers’ injury or death in accidents are very high. The injured person can hold the bus carrier liable for its negligence. A strong, efficient bus accident lawyer can successfully represent an injured person in such cases.

Experience is vital for a bus accident lawyer

An experienced personal injury attorney can serve as your bus accident attorney. He or she can help if you or your children get involved in a public transportation accident. Also, a bus accident lawyer for Jim S. Adler & Associates offers a free case review. And, you can learn more about bus accident cases via the firm's News and Views blog.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a bus accident anywhere in the United States, you can contact a bus accident lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates for help. Such a lawyer not only will help you gain compensation, but also can help you with things such as insurance, and can be a strong support in a time of crisis.

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Bus accident lawyer can help victims of catastrophes

“Leave the driving to us,” a famous bus line’s slogan said, pressing the idea that driving is difficult if not dangerous business and you’re better off riding in a large, professionally helmed bus for long highway trips. But are you? As a horrific bus accident in North Texas early this morning showed, crowded, heavy, hard to control buses can be extremely dangerous vehicles – dangerous to the point that 14 passengers on this bus bound from Houston died, with another 20 injured and in area hospitals.

Bus accident death toll a target of lawsuits

A large bus may seem like a relatively safe vehicle to ride, yet many Americans die annually in bus accidents, often as a result of someone’s negligence. If you have lost a loved one in a wrongful death bus accident, a bus accident lawyer can help you collect damages in a bus accident lawsuit.

Phone a factor in bus accident

he National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that a bus accident in Alexandria, Virginia was caused in part by the fact that the bus driver was talking on a cell phone. In its “Report of Highway Accident” the NTSB outlined the events leading up to the bus accident.

As crews in Nebraska have learned, school bus safety features can actually hamper rescue efforts after an accident. On Oct. 13, 2001, a school bus carrying 27 students and 3 chaperones from a band competition entered into a construction zone, and came upon another bus. Although there was no collision, the school bus veered to avoid the other bus, hitting the guardrail several times before breaking through. The bus then traveled up an embankment under a bridge, and rolled 270 degrees as it fell 49 feet into a creek. Four students died, and the other 23 plus chaperones had injuries ranging from minor to serious.

In September 2006, a school bus accident in St. Paul, MN left parents wondering what went wrong – and thankful that it wasn’t much worse. The bus was carrying about 40 students home from the Capitol Hill Gifted and Talented Magnet School when it turned up a steep hill. According to the bus driver, the engine cut out and the brakes failed causing the bus to roll backwards. Unable to stop, the bus jumped the curb and continued to roll until it reached the guardrail of Interstate 94, its back end dangling in the right lane of rush hour traffic.

School bus accidents are too common

Approximately 1.4 million children ride school buses every day in Texas, one of the busiest states in America. Every year in the U.S., an average of 131 people are killed in school bus accidents, and about 19,000 people are injured. Because school buses are primarily used to carry children, it is our youth who pay the price.