The Region - News from May 15, 1986

Reacting to an RTD bus accident in which one driver allegedly was under the influence of cocaine, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn called on the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District to make drug testing a condition of employment. Twenty-three persons, including the bus driver, sustained minor injuries. Hahn said he realized there might be opposition on constitutional grounds, but added that people such as bus drivers, airline pilots and railroad engineers “must give up some of their privacy rights for the good of the public.” Nate Holden, the supervisor’s appointee to the RTD board, said he also will recommend that such tests be made randomly.