How is he not charged with manslaughter? His inattention to the task at hand directly led to the deaths of three people. I don't see any clearer case than this.

It was Michael Scott.

This driver was inexperienced as a commercial driver and it seems he wasn't too intelligent anyway. He got lost, didn't follow protocol, and then ignored height clearance signs, all that stupidity let to this tragic accident. The GPS is just a small part of the story. I have GPS in my car but I wouldn't drive off a cliff if it told me so. GPS or not he needed to see the signs and didn't, causing the death of his passengers.

His lack of intelligence probably caused him to have a hard time with his GPS in the first place.

And he gets to collect worker's comp? wow.

All drivers of trucks and buses in NYS should be taught this over and over again....

RULE #1: TRUCK & BUSES ARE'T ALLOWED ON PARKWAYS. LOW CLEARANCE.

On average, every 3 days a truck, bus or rv crashes into a parkway bridge. Many in NYS are pushing a bill that would make the driver and company monetary liable for damages and face possible criminal charges.

I find that GPS is useful - but not here in the city. I've used it in North Carolina and Italy and it helped me get where I was going in unfamiliar places. It also helped us get un-lost in rural Tuscany.

Whereas the two times I've seen people try to use it in the city, it's ended in disaster. My mother-in-law was driving us home from Brooklyn to Manhattan, and was insisting on listening to her GPS instead of her son and daughter-in-law who actually know where they're going. It would direct us to the nearest river crossing, then just as we were about to get on the on-ramp, direct us away to the north. By the time we got to the Queensboro I yelled "For the love of God, woman, just follow the signs! Unless you want to go all the way up to the Triboro!" It was like the GPS desperately wanted us to stay in Queens.

You guys aren't listening. Company policy is that when you get lost, you stop the bus and call headquarters for directions. You don't use your GPS or the bus's GPS, which is only there to tell headquarters where you are anyway. They will have all the information you need to safely get you where you're supposed to be. Turn-by-turn GPS is a distraction and a liability for the company. Don't forget that back in 2008, at least two drivers in separate incidents in Bedford Hills followed GPS instructions onto railroad tracks and found themselves stalled in front of trains.

A couple years ago when I rented a truck to get some stuff from IKEA, I was trying to use my phone's rudimentary GPS app to get home and I ended up heading out to Long Island. I got off some random exit and was cruising down the street trying to get my bearings from the phone, when I looked up just as I was blasting through a red light at full speed. I feel so lucky that I was in a pretty deserted area.

I disagree, GPS's are a great tool. But if there was one on the Megabus, why was he paying attention to his own? It's the same as a cell phone or fiddling with the radio; don't do it while driving; pay attention to the road.

GPS's are evil, and often just plain inaccurate. A professional driver should know his way without relying on cheap electronics. The number of trucks entering parkways has shot up ever since these things became available. The government should have required that these things issue huge, loud warnings for restricted roads, low overpasses and any other obstructions/restrictions.

maybe if they had truck specific GPS units or programs that you can upload. It seems like if this was available, it might stop some of these issues.