DUI Conviction Not Enough to Get Bus Driver Banned from Job
Associated Press/NBC New York
Colleen Long
Sept. 29, 2017
The Associated Press covered how it was possible for a driver who was fired from a previous job for a DUI 18 months before was the driver who caused the deadly bus accident in New York City on Sept. 18.
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Peter Pantuso, president of the American Bus Association, said companies are required by law to do a 10-year employment history check on drivers to see their performance history and also pull their motor vehicle records. New drivers also are required to pass a test.
He said companies he's spoken with wouldn't want to hire a driver with a recent drunken-driving conviction.
"As a company you want to make sure you have the best and safest people behind the wheel," he said.