20 Facts About School bus

School bus is any type of bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district.

In 1954, the first diesel-engined school bus was introduced, with the first tandem-axle school bus in 1955 .

In late 1996, Freightliner produced its first School bus chassis, expanding to four manufacturers for the first time since the exit of Dodge in 1977.

In 2018, the first bus derived from the Ram ProMaster cutaway chassis was introduced; Collins Bus introduced the Collins Low Floor, the first low-floor school bus .

School bus crossing arms, first introduced in the late 1990s, came into wider use.

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In place of home to school route service, an activity bus is primarily used for the purpose for transportation related to extracurricular activities.

Multi-Function School Activity Bus is a bus intended for use in both the private sector and the educational system.

The color which became known as "school bus yellow" was selected because black lettering on that specific hue was easiest to see in the semi-darkness of early morning and late afternoon.

On March 28,2000, a Murray County, Georgia, school bus was hit by a CSX freight train at an unsignaled railroad crossing; three children were killed.

The School bus driver claimed to have stopped and looked for approaching trains before proceeding across the tracks, as is required by law, but the onboard camera recorded that the School bus had in fact not stopped.

School bus routes are designed with multiple bus stops, allowing for the loading of several students at a time; the stop at school is the only time that the bus loads passengers at once.

Since at least the mid-1970s, all U S states and Canadian provinces and territories have some sort of school bus traffic stop law; although each jurisdiction requires traffic to stop for a school bus loading and unloading passengers, different jurisdictions have different requirements of when to stop.

Outside of North America, the school bus stopping traffic to unload and load children is not provided for.

The Association claims that many motorists only have a vague understanding of Ontario's school bus stopping laws and that few drivers know that it is legal to pass a school bus with its inner warning lights actuated.

The second stop arm, when it is present, is usually mounted near the rear of the School bus, and is not permitted to bear a or any other legend on the side facing forward when deployed.

Since the early to mid-2000s, emissions standards for diesel engines have been upgraded considerably; a school bus meeting 2017 emissions standards is 60 times cleaner than a school bus from 2002 .

The first full-size electric school bus was the Lion Bus eLion, introduced in 2015; as of 2018, over 150 examples have been produced.

Prisoner transport vehicles are high-security vehicles used to transport prisoners; a school bus bodyshell is fitted with a specially designed interior and exterior with secure windows and doors.

In some states and provinces, school bus retirement is called for at specific age or mileage intervals, regardless of mechanical condition.

An example of a Skoolie is Further, a 1939 school bus converted by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, intended for use on cross-country counterculture road trips.