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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.
School bus crossing arms, first introduced in the late 1990s, came into wider use. Electronics took on a new role in school bus operation. ... Since the 1990s, video ...
The school bus involved in the accident was a 71-passenger school bus built by American Transportation Company (which was acquired by Navistar International at the time of the accident), and was owned and operated by School Districts 47 and 155 through a Transportation Joint Agreement. At the time of the accident, 35 students were on board.
A Pennsylvania school district has installed cameras in school buses in an effort to curb stop-arm violations. School buses are passed illegaly over 17 million times a year across the U.S ...
A school bus in Lodi, California, was so close to railroad tracks as a train passed on the morning of January 13 that the boom barrier used to close off car traffic rested on the roof of the ...
The state Legislature reauthorized support for cameras used on school bus stop arms to fine motorists who ignore the signs. Convictions for driving past school bus stop arms are up 47% in Pennsylvania
By the time the engineer saw the bus, there wasn't enough time for the brakes to slow down the train. [2] The ensuing collision killed 24 on the bus, including Silcox. 15 students managed to survive the crash, but with serious injuries. It is the worst railroad crossing accident involving a school bus in U.S. history. [3]
Two schoolchildren had a narrow escape after a car failed to stop for a school bus picking them up in North Carolina. Despite a law in the state making it illegal to pass a stopped school bus, the ...