Now that the nation’s fleet of 450,000 school buses is again embracing the challenge of transporting 24 million children to and from school each day, ...

School bus mirrors are a critical safety system, and failure to use or adjust them properly can have tragic consequences. Of course, proper mirror usa...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The School Bus Information Council (SBIC) issued a warning to school bus operators to examine buses in their fleets manufactured by...

In 1976, three armed men hijacked a school bus carrying 26 students in Chowchilla, Calif. After transferring the children and driver into two vans and...

Brake performance isn’t a big conversation starter for most bus-fleet owners, but that could change when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administr...

For no apparent reason, a rash of incidents involving children being left on school buses has been reported across the country in the first few months...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has made public more than 800 pages of investigative documents on the Oct. 13, ...

Recently, I was visiting family in another state, and I was driving through a neighborhood at about 8 a.m. when I noticed a school bus coming toward m...

After years of controversy and extensive research, it appears that the school bus industry is finally nearing a reckoning of sorts on the issue of lap...

Yes, this is rocket science. I’m talking about the Feb. 1 crash of the Columbia space shuttle. The disaster resulted in the loss of seven lives and br...

Dramatic rescue credited to a combination of training, instincts

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — On Feb. 8, 2002, at around 7 a.m., a Mercedes sed...

RALEIGH, N.C. — A program that could shed some light on the practicality and effectiveness of lap/shoulder belt systems in large school buses is u...

School bus seats, frames, interiors, crash test dummies and roll over cages are all connected to computerized sensors, recording thousands of bytes of...

Mountain driving. The term conjures images of a cruise through beautiful mountains and rich forests so rugged that only mountain men had set foot in t...

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CASE GRAYSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND FRANKLIN INSURANCE CO. v. DORIS GAYE CORNETT VENUE Court of Appeals of Virginia, decided Nov. 26, 2002 SU...

As we near the end of 2002, SBF recaps 10 major news events (in no particular order) that affected the pupil transportation industry this year. Multip...