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FMVSS No. 217: [58] Bus emergency exits and window retention and release. FMVSS No. 218: [59] Motorcycle helmets; FMVSS No. 219: [60] Windshield zone intrusion; FMVSS No. 220: [61] School bus rollover protection; FMVSS No. 221: [62] School bus body joint strength; FMVSS No. 222: [63] School bus passenger seating and crash protection; FMVSS No ...
[13] [14] Following the focus on school bus structural integrity, NHTSA introduced the four Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for School Buses, applied on April 1, 1977, bringing significant change to the design, engineering, and construction of school buses and a substantial improvement in safety performance.
In April 1977, federal safety standards went into effect in the United States, intended to improve the crashworthiness and structural integrity of school buses. In compliance, manufacturers had to produce stronger bodies to better survive crashes and rollovers, seats had to adopt compartmentalization as a passive restraint system. [ 5 ]
Data from the most recent report from the National Safety Council (NSC) found that there were 108 people killed nationwide in school bus-related crashes in 2021. Additionally, data from 2012 to ...
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 ...
In the late 1970s, the US federal government had significantly upgraded crash protection standards for school buses. [1] While safety had long played a key role in the marketing and development of school buses, designers were forced to take a proactive stance to increase innovation to production. By improving the sightlines of the driver, the ...
In 1988, nearly a decade after Sheller-Globe exited the school bus manufacturing business, a Superior bus was involved in a disastrous crash. The bus had been built only nine days before the more stringent 1977 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards would have required better collision protection of the fuel tank, a wider central aisle for ...
The widow of a slain Tri-Cities bus driver wants to see a new Washington law protecting school bus passengers “go federal” after state lawmakers supported it earlier this year in rare ...