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Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2010

Trans Tech sponsors bus giveaway

The president of a New York contractor company wins a free one-year lease of a Trans Tech Bus ST5 Type A school bus during the New York School Bus Contractors Association’s annual meeting.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2010

Students, driver injured in tornado-related bus accident

Winds resulting from a tornado that hit an Illinois community on Monday flips a district's school bus; the driver and five students suffer various injuries. A district spokesperson says letters containing details of the incident were delivered to parents at the hospitals where their children were taken.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2010

Towns observe anniversaries of school bus tragedies

In Washington state in 1945, 15 children and their driver died when their bus plunged into a frigid lake. In British Columbia in 1960, a bus was struck by a freight train, killing 17 people on board.

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Newsby StaffNovember 29, 2010

Change to bus inspection program draws mixed response

The Michigan State Police will soon perform intermittent inspections of some school districts' buses, rather than annual inspections of all districts’ buses. Some feel this will enable inspectors to focus on districts that have a history of violations, while others believe this will reduce children's safety as they travel to and from school.

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Newsby StaffNovember 29, 2010

Bill would require operations to establish anti-idling policy

The Anti-idling Act mandates that school bus companies, tour bus companies and transit authorities in Nova Scotia have a policy in place by Oct. 1, 2011. If the legislation is approved, Nova Scotia would be the first province to adopt such a law.

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Articlesby StaffNovember 23, 2010

Has Your State Approved School Bus Advertising?

Given the state of the economy and the cuts in education funding that are being made, it's not a total surprise that several states have recently taken up the issue of school bus advertising.

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Newsby StaffNovember 23, 2010

Truck-bus near-collisions prompt installation of cameras

The mountainous roads and foggy conditions in a Pennsylvania village have created a dangerous situation between truck drivers and school bus operators. Cameras have been installed on a district's bus; if they capture more incidents where trucks nearly collide with the bus, the program will be expanded.

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Newsby StaffNovember 23, 2010

Student frees bus driver from seat belt following accident

After his school bus flips over on a muddy road, Alex Waddick follows driver Phil Piggott's instructions and cuts him from his seat belt with a knife. Piggot, Waddick and the other students on board then exit the bus through its emergency roof hatch.

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Newsby StaffNovember 23, 2010

Man arrested for entering high school with loaded gun

Dominique Williams, a former student, arrived at the Indiana school last Friday on one of the district’s buses. An investigation is underway on why Williams went to the school with a gun.

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Newsby StaffNovember 23, 2010

Missouri school district overcomes coverage gaps

Communications coverage gaps frustrated school bus drivers and compromised student safety, prompting Dallas County R-1 School District to look for a better solution. Their results are covered in a new case study from Motorola.

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