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School Bus Safety

Proactive Customers Boost Lift User Safety

The features of today’s vehicle lifts help prevent technician injuries, but to maximize their safety, pupil transporters must ensure that the lift is certified, that their shop can properly house the equipment, that techs are trained to operate it and that the lift is inspected annually.

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Transportation Director David Twiddy (front row, second from right) says his operation has been awarded top bus safety inspection honors by the state's Department of Public Instruction two years in a row. Pictured with Twiddy is the shop staff. Great Fleets Across America 2010
Our annual series is back as we profile five outstanding pupil transportation operations from around the nation. Find out how their safety practices, innovative training programs and open lines of communication have led them to succeed.
At the NASDPTS conference, Denny Coughlin (left) of Minneapolis Public Schools and state director Lt. Ed Carroll gave a presentation on the fatal 2008 school bus crash in Cottonwood, Minn. State Directors Delve Into Bus Crash Details
Changing regulations, innovative state programs and transporting homeless students are also discussed during the annual NASDPTS conference in Louisville, Ky.
NAPT Summit Urges Engagement
A common theme emerges from speakers at the conference in Louisville, Ky.: make school transportation a bigger player in the academic arena, and use that leverage to pursue higher levels of safety and student success.
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SafeDrive MiniDVR
Safety Vision's SafeDrive MiniDVR boasts a road-view camera and a cabin-view camera. The DVR records video, audio and metadata to a CompactFlash card.

Waste/Recycle Cabinet
Shure's waste/recycle cabinet comes with a plastic receptacle for waste or recyclable materials. The cabinet comes in three models.

9500AL UltraLED Stop Arm Lamp
The 9500AL UltraLED Stop Arm Lamp replaces the incandescent double-contact bulb found on most school bus stop arms, fitting into the existing socket.

SQ IR Dome infrared camera
The SQ IR Dome infrared camera is designed to meet the needs of mobile applications.

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<p>The staff at Southland Transportation in Alberta spent a year and a half restoring a dilapidated 1947 school bus. Then they put the finished product on parade.</p> Antique Bus Restoration

A leafy deciduous tree was growing through the middle of the 1947 International school bus when... Visit photo gallery

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