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Jury urges driver-facing cameras at end of OC Transpo bus crash inquest
The jury at the coroner's inquest into the fatal OC Transpo bus crash of 2019 has issued 60 recommendations for preventing similar tragic accidents — everything from driver-facing cameras on all Ottawa buses to requiring more time for retraining drivers involved in on-duty collisions.
Inquest closing remarks reveal rifts in how to make OC Transpo safer
Driver-facing cameras, reduced speed limits and a review of the decades-old practice of booking OC Transpo drivers are among the issues failing to yield a consensus at the ongoing coroner's inquest into a fatal 2019 bus crash in Ottawa.
Fatal bus crash inquest hears of 'not great' OC Transpo candidates and driver 'leniency'
A former manager of bus operations at OC Transpo offered a candid look at the transit agency's hiring process at an ongoing coroner's inquest into a fatal 2019 bus crash.
OC Transpo supports using more trackers to monitor bus driver speeds, inquest hears
As the coroner's inquest into the fatal OC Transpo bus crash of 2019 nears its end, OC Transpo says it would support the expanded use of technology used to monitor the speed and other potentially concerning behaviour of drivers, though that might come with a 'hefty price tag.'
Leftover road markings may have led driver astray in Westboro bus crash, expert says
"I think it's clear they have the potential to mislead," Ian Knight testified Thursday at an ongoing coroner's inquest into the tragic 2019 bus collision.
Driver shortage, 'political pressure' in letting Westboro operator back on road after prior crash
'A day didn't go by that I didn't get an email from my councillor's office asking why this route does not function properly,' testified OC Transpo's former manager of bus operations Wednesday at the coroner's inquest into the fatal Westboro station bus crash.
Split shifts and 'Big Brother' driver cameras: Union takes the mic at bus crash inquest
The coroner's inquest into the fatal OC Transpo bus crash of 2019 is exploring a broad swath of ideas for making transit safer.
City defends 1-day retraining of driver between previous collision and fatal Westboro crash
After she crashed an articulated bus and injured five passengers in a preventable collision, Aissatou Diallo received only one day of refresher training before being cleared to return to work.
How driver training changed after the fatal Westboro bus crash
The coroner's inquest into the fatal 2019 OC Transpo bus crash is hearing about changes the transit agency has made to its training of new recruits since the Westboro collision.
Inquest interrogates OC Transpo booking system that leaves 'crumbs' for 'junior' drivers
Four times a year, OC Transpo bus drivers go to a hall and plot out their lives for the coming season in discrete blocks of time. In recent days, that booking system — and what it means for driver safety — has been the focus of the coroner's inquest into the fatal 2019 crash at Westboro station.