School Bus Driver * USA - The Risk of Being One
School bus drivers average three times fewer number of training hours than do their counterparts behind the wheel of municipal transit buses
Omaha,NE,USA -School Transportation News, by Ryan Gray -12 August 2010: ... The construction of the yellow school bus, which is subject to some three dozen Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, is more stringent than any other vehicle on the road. Those are reasons enough why school buses are also the safest mode of highway transportation there is and the absolute safest way for kids to get to and from school... Despite the very low numbers of student fatalities each year inside the school bus, school bus drivers average three times fewer number of training hours than do their counterparts behind the wheel of municipal transit buses. Thats 35 hours of training a year for school bus drivers versus the federal requirement of 114 hours for transit agency employees. But that comparison pales next to what Greyhound requires of their drivers, 200 hours, or next to interstate trucking requirements, 250 hours... The reason school buses remain so safe, again, is due to the fact they are built like tanks, as most everyone in the industry knows. School buses also travel at much lower speeds than other vehicles, they are equipped with high-back, padded seats and the industry strictly self-regulates itself when it comes to driver background checks... School bus drivers are obviously human and prone to error. But, in the same breath, the industry can't simply rest on its laurels and say that tragic events like the Missouri crash are an unfortunate fact of life... (Image from merengala: The Yellow "guaguas")Labels: appreciation school bus drivers
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