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The pilot program uses a surveillance system that positions three cameras on the outside of the bus. The goal is to cut down on the more than 2,000 illegal passing incidents that school buses in the state experience each day.
Read More →Bus drivers, mechanics, monitors and office staff for the school bus contractor donned blue T-shirts on Monday in support of the Stomp Out Bullying campaign’s “Blue Shirt Day.” The employees were promoting the reduction and prevention of bullying on the school bus.
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The industry stalwart from South Carolina plans to remain active in pupil transportation, offering consulting services to school districts. Tim Camp, who has been working for Tudor for the past seven years, is named the new state director.
Read More →Rotary Lift introduces its updated MOD30 environmentally friendly inground lift at the American Public Transportation Association EXPO 2011. The lift includes an ultra-low-profile version of the company's patented universal saddle adapter, and both of the lift's saddle adapters offer a greater adjustment range.
Read More →A 15-year-old girl on a Tennessee school bus allegedly stands up and grabs the steering wheel from the driver, who students claimed was missing stops. The driver maintains control of the bus and turns back to a high school to report the incident, but she acknowledges that she ignored stop signs in the return trip.
Read More →Even with increases in the state’s number of school buses and miles traveled, collisions fell from 2,091 to 1,878 in fiscal year 2009-10. Five of the crashes resulted in fatalities, but none was a student bus passenger.
Read More →Sheriff's deputies and fire personnel respond to a report of buses on fire and find four school buses aflame in the school's parking lot. Officials are considering the fire suspicious in nature but are not labeling it arson.
Read More →Last month, two men were killed in separate incidents wherein the vehicles they were driving struck the rear of stopped school buses. The Nebraska State Patrol issues a statement urging all drivers to “pay extra attention during those times when school buses are typically on the road.”
Read More →Jordan Avis receives the new wheelchair from a foundation that raises money to benefit special-needs students during an assembly at his high school. Avis' school bus driver alerted the foundation that Avis' regular wheelchair, which he was using while playing basketball, was falling apart.
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Alan Fidler of Indiana places first in the technician category and Jack Defibaugh of West Virginia takes the top honor in the inspector category. Fidler, Defibaugh and the other competitors were scored on a written exam and multiple hands-on components.
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