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Number 23266
Subject Buses
Source Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio)
State OH
Year 2007
Publication Date 02/11/2007
Summary According to this Dispatch report, "167 school-bus drivers in Ohio have records of drunken driving or drug abuse." The investigation includes a chart of where in Ohio these drivers operate, and also notes the difficulty "for school officials to check backgrounds on drivers or keep those with drunken-driving convictions out of school buses." Individuals with such histories are profiled.The superintendent of the State Highway Patrol is quoted saying that as someone who has arrested drunken drivers, "I would never want any of these people driving a bus."
Category Computer-Assisted Reporting
Pages 3
Keywords buses; drunk driving; drunk driving convictions; background checks; Ohio bus drivers; school buses
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