This week’s horrifying Mexico-bound tour bus accident killing two and injuring dozens south of San Antonio is still more tragic evidence that buses, in many ways, are unsafe. And something should be done about it.

This bus, at least, was part of a legitimate bus line: Americanos USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dallas-based Greyhound Lines Inc. That was not the case when 17 persons traveling from Houston to a religious retreat died in a bus crash north of Dallas in 2008. That bus was not legally licensed to operate.

But even sanctioned tour buses or charter buses can have deadly bus accidents. And why are bus wrecks so dangerous, if not fatal? It starts with seat belts.

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What will it take to wake up and shake up government authorities, charter bus lines and the public about the potential for catastrophic dangers in bus accidents?

Early Friday morning, another chartered bus bound north from Houston had a horrific bus accident in the Dallas area, killing 14. This bus accident wasn’t many miles from the spot where another chartered bus from Houston caught fire and exploded in 2005, killing 24 nursing home residents who were fleeing Hurricane Rita. (more…)

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