Worst. Bus. Company. Ever. Fung Wah driver wedges bus atop barrier

[Ian David]

Fung Wah driver wedges bus atop barrier


The discount carrier's bus driver, Zhongoiang Whu, 27, of New York, was on his second day on the job. (Photo courtesy WCVB-TV)

By Mac Daniel, Globe Staff | March 24, 2007

A Fung Wah bus driver on his second day on the job abruptly tried to change lanes yesterday and wedged a bus full of passengers atop a concrete barrier at the Weston toll booths on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

No one was injured in the accident, the third this year involving the discount carrier.

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Whu was ordered off the road after State Police inspectors found his driving logs to be in violation of federal rules. He was also cited for failure to use caution while entering a toll booth, a misdemeanor.

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The 10-year-old bus line has come under scrutiny from federal and state officials for a series of safety and other violations. The bus line, which originally used vans to shuttle Chinese workers between New York and Boston for restaurant jobs, now offers $15 one-way trips between Boston and New York, a route popular with college students and bargain hunters.

But a string of incidents -- including a rollover on an Interstate 290 ramp in September that injured 34 passengers -- have continued despite company promises to improve driver training and bolster compliance with federal safety standards.

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/03/24/fung_wah_driver_wedges_bus_atop_barrier/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City%2FRegion+News

[GCP]

1. Do the drivers scream "FUNG WAH" when they're doing their kami-kazi attacks!

Honestly, this has become a running joke in the Boston area - these guys should be closed down, they're downright dangerous.
Eagan and Braude were discussing this yesterday on 96.9, one guy called in and told of when he was waiting to get on the bus in Chinatown in NYC. A woman ticket taker walked onto the bus and took off the parking brake, the bus rolled into traffic and hit 2 cars.
This after 3 fairly major accidents in the last few months.

[Ian David]

2. Why would we shut down Fung Wah, but continue to allow Halliburton to operate? n/t

[GCP]

5. It's a transport company operating dangerously

That's reason enough. It's like an airline operating without maintenance crews just to make the fares cheaper.

[Eugene]

3. Again?!?!

/Rocky Squirrel

Fung Wah has had major incidents on a monthly basis lately.
I rode them once. They can be scary.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. If they shut down as a bus line they'll re-open as a theme park thrill ride

and charge $25 a head.

[Jonathan50]

6. I watched a large bus get "high centered" ...

On the exit from a shopping center once.

The middle of the bus was touching the ground and all ten wheels were either off the ground or barely touching. :)