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Standard No. 221 – School Bus Body Joint Strength: April 1, 1977: This established requirements for the strength of the body panel joints in school bus bodies, to reduce deaths and injuries resulting from structural collapse of school bus bodies during crashes. Standard No. 222 – School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection: April 1, 1977
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 ...
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.
Because of the crash, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles established article 19-A, which is a system that all bus drivers must be qualified to drive by completing a certain amount of requirements, which include, biennial medicals (with follow-ups if needed), biennial written or oral tests, biennial road tests, yearly defensive ...
MONROE COUNTY— October 21-25 is School Bus Safety Week and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office is celebrating by participating in "Operation Safe Stop." This enforcement campaign, conducted ...
A school bus 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 ...
Thai students walking A school bus in New York, US. Student transport is the transporting of children and teenagers to and from schools and school events. School transport can be undertaken by school students themselves (on foot, bicycle or perhaps horseback; or for older students, by car), they may be accompanied by family members or caregivers, or the transport may be organised collectively ...
In November 2015, Martucci was voted President of the New York School Bus Contractors Association. [5] As association president, he worked on several pieces of school bus safety legislation, including a law passed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) in May 2019, which allows school districts to cooperate with police in ticketing and enforcing Stop-Arm ...