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Pennsylvania drivers are to stop at least 10 feet away from school buses that have an activated stop-arm and red signals. But some aren't complying.
On the whole, safety experts sound confident about school bus safety. “School buses are the most regulated vehicles on the road,” a spokesperson from the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
In New York State, an official estimate is that 50,000 vehicles pass stopped school buses illegally every day. [24] However, as New York State requires traffic to stop for a school bus stopped on the opposing roadway of a divided highway, the estimate may include "New York violations" that would be legal in other states.
A crossing arm is a safety device intended to protect children from being struck while crossing in front of a school bus. Typically, school bus crossing arms are wire or plastic devices which extend from the front bumper on the right side of the bus when the door is open for loading/unloading and form a barrier. The devices force children, who ...
During the 2000s, school bus safety adopted a number of evolutionary advances. To further improve visibility for other drivers, manufacturers began to replace incandescent lights with LEDs for running lights, turn signals, brake lights, and warning lamps. School bus crossing arms, first introduced in the late 1990s, came into wider use ...
The Indiana State Police are warning motorists to observe school bus and school zone traffic rules ahead of the 2024-2025 academic year. ... 'Stop-arm' safety for school buses in Indiana.
The governor also indicated support for increased safety standards for buses and training for bus drivers, and the state began offering free safety inspections for privately owned buses. [ 27 ] Kentucky now requires all school buses to have nine emergency exits—more than any other federal or state standard.
Example of MDZ Shield protecting child. The MDZ Shield (or Minimize Danger Zone Shield) is a safety device for school buses, consisting of a two-piece polyurethane guard that encloses the upper wheel well opening and covers the gap in front of the right rear wheels, designed to deflect a person out of the path of the wheels in order to prevent injury or death.