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  School bus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A school bus is a bus used to transport children and adolescents to and from school.
Early school buses primarily served rural areas where it was deemed impractical for the young students to walk the distances necessary to get back and forth from school on their own, and were sometimes no more than a truck with perhaps a tarpaulin stretched over the truck bed.
A bus accident at Carrollton, Kentucky in 1988 involving a church bus which had been originally built and served as a school bus was one of the worst bus accidents in United States history.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/School_bus   (5221 words)

  
 Statistics of the Yellow School Bus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yellow school bus transportation is the safest, most economical and friendly method of transporting Florida's school children.
A school bus driver's background is checked by the Department of Justice and/or the FBI prior to receiving a license to drive a school bus.
School bus drivers are regulated by hundreds of additional laws governing the operation and maintenance of a school bus.
apps.sdhc.k12.fl.us /public/dept/transportation/howsafe.htm   (518 words)

  
 Durham School Services - Yellow School Bus
Durham School Services is a strong proponent of the yellow school bus, as it has earned its reputation as one of the safest forms of transportation in the United States.
And, school buses are significantly safer than other vehicles commonly used to take children to and from school.
The special chrome yellow color is supplemented by distinctive fl markings and lights, all aimed at making the bus visible in various kinds of weather and traffic.
www.durhamschoolservices.com /html/bus.html   (210 words)

  
 School Bus Safety
About 600 school age children are killed annually, during school hours and on school days only, in automobiles riding to and from school in automobiles.
It compares the number of fatalities to children in yellow school buses with the number of fatalities to children in automobiles during the twice daily journey to-and-from-school.
By comparison, approximately 15 school age children are killed annually while riding in yellow school buses.
www.sumnerbus.com /school_bus_safety.htm   (919 words)

  
 School Bus Stop Laws in the United States, Canada and Other Countries
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 90, §14 (¶1) A motor vehicle or trackless trolley operator approaching a stopped school bus must stop and not proceed until the flashing red lights are deactivated, unless directed to the contrary by a police officer duly authorized to control the movement of traffic.
Mississippi Code §63-3-615(1) A vehicle driver meeting or overtaking a school bus stopped on the street or highway to get on or off any school children shall stop and not proceed until the children have crossed the street or highway and the school bus has proceeded in the direction it was going.
However, a school district board of trustees may, in its discretion, prohibit flashing red lights when a school bus is stopped at the school site to get on or off school children and the receipt or discharge does not involve street crossing by the children.
www.geocities.com /jusjih/schoolbusstop.html   (9622 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Education | Yellow school buses - a US icon
School buses are the largest mass transit system in the United States.
It was decided that a uniform colour for school buses was needed and the yellow that is still used today was chosen for its high visibility.
The editor of School Bus Magazine, Steve Hirano, believes the US school bus has become an American icon because of its unmatched safety record - much of which is down to this dedicated legion of bus drivers.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/education/4098782.stm   (534 words)

  
 Frank W. Cyr, 95, 'Father of the Yellow School Bus'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It became known officially as "National School Bus Chrome." The formula for the color is on file with the National Bureau of Standards.
In 1937, Cyr began a study of school transportation and found that children were riding to school in all kinds of vehicles, including trucks and buses of all different colors (one district, hoping to instill patriotism in the children, painted their buses red, white and blue).
School bus manufacturers were also complaining that, because each district could set its own standards, the manufacturers could not mass-produce buses on an assembly line.
www.nexus.edu.au /Teachstud/dexed/Buses/record21.htm   (862 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 7 Feb 2006 (pt 4)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Yellow bus schemes have the potential to eliminate much congestion, to end the school run, to improve air quality, particularly at the school gate, and to provide a safer and more disciplined way to get children to school.
A school travel plan is a joint initiative, agreed between schools, pupils, and local authorities, to improve travelling conditions around schools—to make it easier to walk, cycle or use the bus.
In the broader context, yellow school buses can play an important role, but they are only one strand in a travelling to school programme on which we are making solid progress, and which chimes in with the objectives and analysis of the problems that my hon.
www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060207/halltext/60207h04.htm   (4170 words)

  
 First Corporate
Responsiveness - because the bus drivers only work on the yellow school bus service and will be able to respond to the needs of parents in a way which is sometimes difficult on conventional school bus services.
Runnymede in Surrey: Four yellow school buses are serving two comprehensive schools under a contract with the local authority.
Wrexham: Ten yellow school buses are serving seven secondary schools, one primary school and and an FE college.
www.firstgroup.com /corpfirst/company/yellowbus.php   (849 words)

  
 2000 Report Card on School Bus Safety in the US
An average of only 10 children are killed each year as school bus occupants, and most of the deaths involved very severe crash circumstances that often were not survivable.
The yellow school bus is, statistically, the safest form of ground transportation in the United States, providing a safe ride to 25 million children at least twice a day, every school day, for a total of over 10 billion rides annually.
When comparing transporting children to and from school in a passenger vehicle or in a school bus, statistics show that over the past five years it is approximately EIGHTY-SEVEN TIMES SAFER to place a child in a school bus.
www.schoolbusinfo.org /intro.htm   (1622 words)

  
 About > Media Center > Release > Yellow School Bus Provides More Than Transportation
School bus incidents and reports of unsafe student activity on school buses have emphasized the need to provide officials with a means of documenting safety violations so corrective actions can be taken.”
The Yellow School Bus Project Ô is a public-private partnership between the Points of Light Foundation and Millennium Technologies.
School administrators wanting to bring this project to their jurisdiction should complete the form at www.usyellowschoolbus.org.
www.pointsoflight.org /about/mediacenter/releases/2005/02-28.cfm   (538 words)

  
 Yellow School Bus Dangers
The familiar yellow buses that ferry millions of children to school every day are probably damaging young airways with diesel fumes, a Yale study concludes.
Around 4.8 million U.S. school children suffer the same malady, which chokes the airway and is potentially fatal.
During 27 bus runs along a rural experimental route with light traffic, all diesel buses had interior concentrations of emissions exceeding the state's 24-hour background rate for fine particles.
www.menstuff.org /issues/byissue/yellowbus.html   (493 words)

  
 The Big Yellow School Bus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
We were both to take a sample ride on the "BIG" yellow school bus as a prelude to starting kindergarten.
At the school we had a brief kindergarten orientation, then a greeting from the principal and a representative from the school bus company.
When I asked the question, "Why are the school buses not equipped with safety belts?", I received the standard preposterous propaganda.
www.ncsbs.org /stories/big-yellow-school-bus.htm   (216 words)

  
 #192 School Bus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The School Bus was the very first set to introduce the peg-sided Little People, although the dog was occasionally straight-sided for a few of the early years.
The bus itself underwent many forms, losing it's original swing-out stop sign after 1973, as well as receiving a few minor alterations during the 1980's.
FPT552 - yellow school bus with a wood floor, a driver with a wood head and a stop sign.
www.thisoldtoy.com /l_fp_set/toy-pages/100-199/192-schoolbus.html   (2052 words)

  
 About the Big Yellow School Bus - NCSBS
Seat belt son large school buses have been endorsed by The American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, National PTA, Fire Marshals Association, American College of Preventive Medicine, Physicians for Automotive Safety, National Coalition of School Bus Safety, and more.
It is difficult to enter a rolled-over bus that lacks this roof hatch.
An over-crowded bus with standees should be photographed (if possible) and reported to your state police dept. of transportation enforcement section and school transportation administrator.
www.ncsbs.org /yellow-school-bus.htm   (567 words)

  
 The Little Yellow School Bus
This was a clear invitation to school bus drivers who were often on the lookout for better routes.
One day as Jack was taking his bus on the A.R. road he heard the wail of a siren beside his little yellow school bus, and as he glanced over he saw a traffic cop signalling him to pull over.
After Jack had demonstrated a working knowledge of most of the rules of school bus driving the cop told him to drive on but to be sure to follow the rules and that this would eliminate the need for taking Access Restricted roads.
educ.queensu.ca /projects/action_research/10yelbus.htm   (938 words)

  
 School bus yellow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
School bus yellow is a color which was especially formulated for use on United States school buses in 1939.
It became known officially as "National School Bus Chrome." The color was selected because fl lettering on that hue was easiest to see in the semi-darkness of early morning.
The approximate color of National School Bus Yellow in hex is #FFD800 and in RGB (255, 216, 0) (seen above).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/School_bus_yellow   (391 words)

  
 Yellow School Bus
The Yellow School Bus Project is as much about the concept as it is about the buses.
The Yellow School Buses are Irisbus Scolabus 24s and have a number of special features, many aimed at increasing the safety and security of the users.
The Yellow School Buses are designed to be as comfortable as possible for the students using them which is why they are fitted with air conditioning and a CD player with PA system for entertainment on the bus.
www.yellowschoolbus.info   (246 words)

  
 Yellow School Bus Tour Progress
The school serves not only the students but also the community and, after last year’s tornado, a large “safe room” is being included in the structure.
Arriving at Perry High School, Yellow Bus riders were greeted by members of the Perry Education Foundation, Charles Machine Works (manufacturer of Ditch Witch machinery), the City of Perry and several local board members.
What Yellow School Bus riders saw was a small rural school with limited funds trying to bring opportunity to children.
www.sde.state.ok.us /pro/bus/bustour2000/progress04.html   (867 words)

  
 The old yellow school bus as a threat | csmonitor.com
The EPA judges diesel fuel to be one of the most harmful air pollutants, and many studies have shown a correlation between the chemicals in diesel exhaust and increased respiratory illness.
In a 2001 NRDC study of California school buses, the air inside running buses carried up to four times the amount of soot in air monitored around the exteriors, and measured up to 46 times the cancer-risk threshold designated by the EPA.
Under former administrator Christine Todd Whitman, the agency created the Clean School Bus USA Program, the goal of which is to upgrade all school buses by 2010, which will cost about $8,000 per bus.
www.csmonitor.com /2004/0309/p12s01-legn.html   (664 words)

  
 OPI Yellow School Bus Tour
The Yellow School Bus Tour is an informal way for OPI staff to listen and learn about the current situations and diverse needs of educators across Montana.
Superintendent McCulloch and her staff visit Montana schools and communities to hear firsthand the strengths and challenges facing our public schools.
Hartley School Buses for the Spring 2002 Trip to Harlowton/White Sulphur Springs and Dillon/Twin Bridges and the December 2002 Trip to Hamilton/Stevensville/Lone Rock.
www.opi.mt.gov /YellowBusTour/index.html   (290 words)

  
 Bulk Party Zone - School Bus Yellow
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School Bus Yellow Napkins: 13'' 2-ply Luncheon Napkins.
School Bus Yellow Napkins: 15'' 2-ply Dinner Napkins.
www.prestostore.com /catalog.php/bulkparty/dt1278   (162 words)

  
 Amazon.com: School Bus: Books: Donald Crews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A bright yellow school bus is evocative of exuberant kids, gleefully launched spitwads, kind bus drivers, and of course school itself.
In Donald Crews's School Bus--written "for the buses, the riders, and the watchers"--preschoolers caught up in the whole school-bus mystique can follow the path of a school bus on its daily travels--minus the aforementioned shenanigans.
School buses are very bright, distinctive, and sometimes mysterious things to a toddler.
www.amazon.com /School-Bus-Donald-Crews/dp/0688122671   (1167 words)

  
 Yellow school bus (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Office of Pupil Transportation - The New York City Department of Education
The transportation regulations contained herein provide students who are New York City residents with pupil transportation to and from school by contract bus or common carrier service according to grade, distance, and program.
Children meet a school bus at an assigned location in the morning.
In the afternoon, the bus takes the children from the school to the school bus stop.
www.opt-osfns.org /opt/eligibility/ge_yellowbus.asp   (104 words)

  
 Stock Photo of Yellow School bus
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 Amazon.com: School Bus: Toys & Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Long before children are old enough to ride a yellow school bus, they long to be a passenger in this intriguing vehicle.
Once the freestanding bus is set up (it literally pops out of a sack and snaps into shape), children can set up chairs and walk about inside, dreaming up all kinds of imaginative school stories and bus-driver dramas.
Our real school bus happens to stop in front of our house, and it is a big event each day.
www.amazon.com /PlayHut-71869-School-Bus/dp/B00000IRW0   (1227 words)

  
 yellow school bus (yellow school bis) information.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As a result we are bringing American-style yellow school bus services to the UK.
The old yellow school bus as a threat
Yellow school bus transportation is the safest, most economical and friendly method of transporting California's school children.
www.meridianart.org /y/yellow_school_bus.html   (151 words)

  
 MCBR Stories: The Yellow Bus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
My name is Becky Kritz, and this is the story of the Yellow School Bus milk carton boat.
The concept came from me, (a single mom) and my then 8-year-old daughter who rode a school bus to school.
That is the story of the Yellow School Bus, summer of 1995.
www.milkcartonboat.com /storbus.htm   (755 words)

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