The Nation - News from Nov. 8, 1985

Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Hanford Dole said that for fiscal 1987 the Administration would ask Congress for $50 million to help states improve truck and bus safety, a 150% increase over current spending. Dole will also propose a major program of federal-state inspections of the nation’s bus fleet. She said that a commercial driver whose license has been suspended in one state can obtain a license in another state and continue driving and that in 20 states anyone with an auto driver’s license may operate tractor-trailer trucks without additional testing or training.