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NewsSeptember 25, 2012

Girl fatally struck by school bus in Ark.

A preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police indicates that the bus was traveling toward a bus stop early Friday morning, and as the driver approached the stop he slowed down, but he did not see 7-year-old Hannah Martin, who ran into the road and was hit. No charges have been filed in the incident.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 25, 2012

Ore. district revises bell times, cuts road calls

The Salem-Keizer Public Schools transportation department has adjusted all school bell times, which director Michael Shields says reduced the number of routes without causing problems or service interruptions. In other news, road calls were reduced for all vehicles by 38.4% compared to the previous year.

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ArticlesCover StorySeptember 20, 2012

Identifying and evaluating school bus route hazards

To ensure students’ safety, transportation managers must implement a procedure for this effort that includes scheduled onsite reviews and a means to efficiently communicate the hazards to staff. School bus drivers, local and state police, and local emergency operations centers should be involved.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2012

Ill. school bus company undergoes leadership changes

Effective Jan. 1, Steve Hemmerlein will join North America Central School Bus Holding Co. LLC as the CEO; current CEO and founder Bruce Barr plans to retire. H. Kevin Mest is serving as the interim CEO, and he also assumes the position of chief operating officer. The new team includes Patrick Earley as chief financial officer as well.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2012

11-year-old stops runaway bus

The boy jumps from his seat, hits the brakes and steers the bus into a chain-link fence after the driver suffers an apparent heart attack.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2012

Police: Man makes threats over bus radio

The man breaks into the bus at a school in Danville, Vt., after crashing a car and breaking into a home, according to police. He is shot by an officer after he allegedly reaches for a holster on his hip in a threatening manner and makes a bomb threat.

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ArticlesSeptember 18, 2012

Buckle up: The latest in restraint systems

As the prevalence of lap-shoulder belts in buses grows, it is important for operations to consider the type of students they are transporting and the ability to upgrade to meet future safety standards before selecting a belt system.

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NewsSeptember 18, 2012

District’s hybrid buses parked over green rub rails

The California Highway Patrol maintains that the green rails on Napa Valley Unified School District’s buses are not in compliance with state and national standards. Director of Transportation Ralph Knight discusses with SBF the benefits he says he believes the green rails provide, and the steps he’s taking to try to revise California’s regulations on school bus colors after an exemption request to allow the green rails was denied by the highway patrol.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 18, 2012

Md. teen brings gun on bus, to school

Authorities take the boy into custody and say that pending review of the state’s attorney, he will be charged as a juvenile. Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson is calling on gun owners to follow the law by securing their weapons from children 15 years old and younger — the boy’s grandfather is the owner of the handgun involved in the incident.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 18, 2012

NHTSA updates school transportation crash stats

There were 1,236 fatal school transportation-related crashes from 2001 to 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports. That’s 0.34% of the total 363,839 fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes during that time period.

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