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• Distracted driving is a common problem among school bus drivers.
• How does your 2009-10 operations budget compare to last year’s?
• Does your operation provide drivers an opportunity to debrief with a counselor after a serious accident or other traumatic event?
• Fatigue is a common problem among school bus drivers.
• What is the busiest time of year at your operation?
• School bus drivers should be given self-defense training.
• In general, the public does not understand how safe school bus transportation is.
• Is your operation holding a "Stuff the Bus" or other charitable holiday event?
• How many stop arm violations per day do bus drivers report in your school district?
• What level of overcrowding are you seeing at your school bus operation?
• Lap-shoulder belt systems will eventually be standard equipment on all school buses.
• Installing video surveillance cameras is the most effective way to deter bullying on school buses. Agree or disagree?
• Eventually, all school buses should be powered with fuels other than straight diesel (biodiesel, propane, CNG, electricity, etc.). Agree or disagree?
• Threats by students are often not taken seriously by school officials. Agree or disagree?
• Bus drivers and technicians generally have an open line of communication and work well together.
• What do you think of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's proposal to raise school bus seat backs from 20 to 24 inches?
• School bus drivers need more training in anti-terrorism security.
• Advertising on the interior of school buses is an acceptable option for cash-strapped school districts.
• How does your 2007-08 operations budget compare to last year's?
• The ratification of the Texas bill to require three-point belts on new school buses is a positive development in pupil transportation.
• School bus drivers should be allowed to physically break up fights on the bus.
• The chance of a terrorist attack on a school bus is increasing every day.
• Transporting students with special needs is getting tougher every year.
• At the start of the school year, students are well prepared for emergency evacuation of school buses.
• The minimum age to drive a school bus should be 21. Agree or disagree?
• The 16-year-old convicted of killing school bus driver Joyce Gregory deserved the life-in-prison sentence he received.
• How should drivers be disciplined for leaving a child on the bus (first offense)?
• Bus drivers should have the authority to suspend students from the bus.
• Which grade range would you prefer to transport?
• Violence has increased on school buses in recent years.

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