Hundreds of different companies around the United States were ordered to shut down because of different safety violations such as suspended licenses to possible drug use. Many of these companies we are finding out have not shut down at all but simply changed the name of their company and stayed on the roads under a different identification.
The report stated that at least 20 of the roughly 220 commercial bus companies that had been fined and ordered to shut down in 2007 and 2008 had decided to instead of shut down, stay and the road and change their name.
The investigation found offenders in at least nine states — Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Texas, New York and Washington. The violators owed tens of thousands of dollars in delinquent fines and had scores of violations, from operating without the proper license to failing to test drivers for illegal drugs and alcohol.
Another 1,073 commercial trucking firms are also believed to be possible "reincarnations" after incurring fines and violations, often using the same address, owner name, employees and contact numbers. In all more than 500 of the tractor-trailer and bus companies were still operating as recently as last month, investigators said.
Companies being allowed to do this is doing nothing but making our roadways unsafe for others to use, and completely ignoring the laws for trucks on the road. In the future this will be watched to a higher extent and will be stopped.
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