tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680724977669898784.post4427675140571037648..comments2023-10-09T12:46:08.611-04:00Comments on Factory Outlet Insiders: CHP harass outlet tour buses in BarstowAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03065486454297996216noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680724977669898784.post-20126429029031454592010-08-31T20:05:22.975-04:002010-08-31T20:05:22.975-04:00I certainly don't condone unsafe buses. But le...I certainly don't condone unsafe buses. But lets look at this objectively.<br /><br />Barstow is on the highway between LA and Vegas. Tour buses taking people to Vegas stop at the Barstow outlet centers. This benefits the center, the retailers, the local economy, and all the people employed there and at the local restaurants and gas stations.<br /><br />The CHP are targeting a very small and specific portion of the traffic coming down that very busy highway.<br /><br />By their own admission they have done this at the Tanger outlet 3 times already and plan on doing it 2 more times.<br /><br />If I am the tour bus operator I will just stop going to this center. I will stop further up the highway at the Primm outlet center just over the Nevada border where the CHP cant touch me.<br /><br />Who does that help? Did it solve a public safety issue? No. Did it help the local economy or the people that work at that center? No.<br /><br />All it will do is drive business into another state. In these difficult economic times our government needs to be smarter and utilize its assets better.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03065486454297996216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-680724977669898784.post-82817692054594332582010-08-31T16:12:18.607-04:002010-08-31T16:12:18.607-04:00What should be alarming is that 4 of 9 buses inspe...What should be alarming is that 4 of 9 buses inspected after carrying passengers were taken out of service for mechanical problems.<br /><br />I'm sure outlet tenants would love pictures of their shopping bags spread over the roadside after a tour bus crashes on the way home from the outlet center.<br /><br />The concern should not be CHP's enforecement efforts; the concern should be charter companies operating unsafe buses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com