Justice for NJ Transit and Coach USA Victims Slain by Their Deadly Bus Drivers
Justice for NJ Transit and Coach USA Victims Slain by Their Deadly Bus Drivers
A new PSA video from the
Justice Transit Victims Advocacy begins as a soothing and calm image of a ship
in the water. Then it unfolds to highlight the accurate rough pictures of New
Jersey transportation bus drivers killing innocent victims in vain, which is an
epidemic that the people in power are trying to sweep under the rug. The video
has movie trailer music playing as you watch all of these lives being murdered.
The bus driver death toll is dramatically increasing in New Jersey from 2017
through 2019. It seems sadly probable that we will see more incidents.
These massive killings are unacceptable, given that we have proven
tools to prevent these acts from occurring. However, Bob
Menendez is passing a law to protect the bus drivers…but what
about passing a law to protect the citizens being killed by bus drivers.
Governor Phil Murphy is giving Transit $407 million in new stations, tracks,
positive train control, and to boost NJ TRANSIT staff. Neither the funds nor
the new laws say anything about holding these bus drivers or train engineers
accountable for murder. Nor is anyone funding a permitted memorial plaque to
honor the victims, killed in vain by the transit drivers/engineers.
Is this the transportation company’s fault because they are hiring
drivers with a bad driving record and violent personality with no regard for
human life? Along with keeping the drivers on the road after killing an
innocent person, there are bus driver assaults and provoked passengers or
pedestrians not always the other way around. The prosecutor needs to step up
and do their job and put these drivers in jail and stop covering up for NJ
Transit/Coach USA because of political favors or nepotism.
A bus kills, like a gun. Murder is murder regardless of what
weapon is being used. We cannot accept the human beings are killed by a bus and
train as the new normal in our country. Our goal with this PSA is to wake up
and raise awareness to the world on the horrible reality that our loved ones
endure. Gone are
the days of viewing riding a bus as being the safe way of transportation. This is
not a carefree time, when bus killing violence has become so prevalent.
I hope that the loved ones who were victimized by NJ Transit/Coach
USA deadly bus drivers and train engineers across the country will join Justice
for Transit Slain Victim and Deshon’s mother, Naomi, to make the promise to
stop this epidemic. Naomi is the Advocate for Innocent People Killed in Vain by
NJ Transit/Coach USA Deadly Bus Driver and Train Engineer. Naomi is the founder
of the (DJCSF) Deshon Johnson College Scholarship Foundation that raises
awareness on these matters. She is also the mother of Deshon Johnson, who was
killed by a transit driver.
The DJCSF is a nonprofit organization based in Newark, New Jersey,
who welcomes injured victims and family members whose loved ones were killed in
the mass bus killing in New Jersey. Their mission is to prevent bus drivers
assaults with a vehicle, the killing of innocent people, and other forms of
train engineer victimization by creating a culture of engaged youth and adults
committed to identifying, intervening, and getting help. For individuals who
might be interested, let your voice be heard to hold these bus drivers
accountable for their actions so they will stop hurting others.
If these transit drivers go to jail, lose their jobs, pay the
victims directly from their pension and have
them pay their attorney fees, this genocide will stop. Based on
this video, New Jersey does not live up to its state slogan, “Liberty and
Prosperity.” Where is there Liberty and Prosperity of innocent lives being
killed by New Jersey Transit bus drivers and train engineers? Not only is NJ
Transit hiring incompetent drivers; there subcontracted bus company, Coach USA
is doing the same thing for the sake of money, not human safety. NJ Transit
does not live up to its mission statement that safety is their priority, and
Coach USA does not live up to its slogan “Driven to the best.” With this type
of killing, there are no warning signs for the victims or notice to prevent
them from being killed.
In
2009, the New Jersey DOT launched the "Complete Streets" policy to
increase pedestrian and cyclist safety. Since then, over 30 municipalities have
adopted their own Complete Streets policies, but most of the state's largest
cities and counties have not. It means that millions of New Jersey citizens
commute in areas that are unsafe for pedestrians-and where almost 2,000 NJ
Transit buses run nearly all day and night.
In
2012, there were 23 bus-pedestrian accidents, the same number as in 2008 and
2010. In 2011, there were 21. In 2014 there were 156 complaints related to NJ
Transit drivers being distracted while behind the wheel, which was a dramatic
26 percent increase from distracted driving complaints received in 2013. Of the
incidents between 2006 and this year, NJ Transit officials said, 17 were in
Bergen County, six in Passaic County, and 55 in Essex County. In 2016 they had
256,482 crashes, 59,096 injuries, and 602 deaths; which was an increase in
2015. The bus driver's death is dramatically increasing in New Jersey 2017
through 2018. When is this killing epidemic going to stop?
Bus
safety starts with the bus driver and the maintenance of the bus. In many
pedestrian striking incidents, the bus driver was driving too quickly, wasn't
paying attention, rude personality, or failed to yield right of way.
There
are no annual statistics on pedestrian collisions in New Jersey, but federal
agencies such as the Department of Transportation (DOT) do monitor trends.
Nationwide, pedestrian-related fatalities are going down, but in the state of
New Jersey, pedestrian collisions are on the rise. Between 160 and 190,
pedestrians are killed every year in New Jersey traffic crashes.
Traffic
safety researchers have proposed a number of theories for the increase, but the
most likely explanation is also the simplest: More than 70% of all pedestrian
collisions occur in urban areas, and New Jersey has both the highest population
density in the nation and is urbanizing faster than any other state of the
country.
In
2009, the New Jersey DOT launched the "Complete Streets" policy to
increase pedestrian and cyclist safety. Since then, over 30 municipalities have
adopted their own Complete Streets policies, but most of the state's largest
cities and counties have not. It means that millions of New Jersey citizens
commute in areas that are unsafe for pedestrians-and where almost 2,000 NJ
Transit buses run nearly all day and night.
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