"of a farm labor system that treats workers like agricultural implements and not as important human beings." The accident prompted Chavez and the UFW to demand inspections and safer conditions on farm labor buses. Assemblyman Jack R. Fenton authored a bill, AB 2975, which would permit the California Labor Commissioner to rescind or refuse to renew a labor contractor's license due to failing to properly maintaining buses or employing an unlicensed driver. It would also require vehicle transporting farm workers to be inspected at least once a year and have drivers trained similarly to school bus drivers. As of the beginning of 1975, according to CHP Lt. Art Wilson, new state regulations imposed due to the accident included an annual inspection on farm labor buses by the CHP and safety certification, limits on labor bus driver working time, and requirements for working speedometers and odometers on the buses. A regulation for seat securement was scheduled to be enacted on April 1 that year. See also 1963 Chualar bus crash References External links NTSB Accident Report 1974 in California 1974 road incidents Blythe, California Blythe, California bus crash History of Riverside County, California Transportation disasters in California January 1974 events in the United States