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From fuel leaks to brake issues and faulty emergency exits, more than 4,500 school buses in Minnesota failed annual safety inspections last year, according to a FOX 9 Investigators analysis of ...
Drivers in Idaho [18] and Kentucky [19] are not required to stop for a school bus on any highway with four or more lanes when traveling in the opposite direction, even if the only divider is a double yellow line. Drivers in California do not have to stop on any highway that is divided or is multi-lane (2 or more lanes of travel in each ...
Illegally passing a school bus is a summary offense that carries a fine, automatic 60-day license suspension and points against a driver’s license. Students board the bus for their first day of ...
Law enforcement agencies have identified and charged the pickup truck driver they say nearly hit one of two students getting off a school bus two weeks ago in east-central Minnesota. Now they just ...
Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to state law. However, the recommended age for a child to sit in the front passenger seat is 13. The first seat belt law was a federal law, Title 49 of the United States Code, Chapter 301, Motor Safety Standard, which took effect on January 1, 1968, that required all vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all designated seating ...
4. Injured. 17. 100m. 110yds. The location of the accident. The Cottonwood bus crash occurred on the afternoon of February 19, 2008 that involved a school bus carrying 28 students from Lakeview Public Schools near Cottonwood in southwestern Minnesota, United States. The bus was struck on its passenger side by a minivan that drove through a stop ...
That's especially important for elementary-aged kids. NTSB traffic safety data from 2011 to 2020 revealed that 52% of school-age pedestrians killed in school transportation-related crashes were 5 ...
The 1990 death of six-year-old Elizabeth "Betsy" Anderson, in Washington State, led to the installation of school bus crossing arms, also referred to as "Betsy Bars" or "Betsy Gates" on all Washington state school buses by 1992. [citation needed] The crossing arms, when extended, require students to cross at least 5 feet (1.5 m) in front of the ...