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Newsby Nicole SchlosserNovember 21, 2019

New N.Y. Law Requires School Bus Safety Component in Driver’s Ed, Testing

The law mandates at least one question about school bus safety on the written test for general driver’s license applicants and coverage of the topic in the state’s pre-licensing driver's education course.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson November 19, 2019

Bill Would Require Seat Belts on British Columbia School Buses

Proposed legislation would require all new school buses purchased in the province after September 2021 to be equipped with seat belts.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson November 19, 2019

Car Strikes Man, 2 Girls Trying to Board School Bus

Nineteen-year-old Christopher Frachiseur of Georgia fails to stop for the school bus, jumps the curb, and drives onto the sidewalk past the right passenger side of the school bus, hitting a man and two students from the same family.

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Newsby StaffNovember 18, 2019

Durham, Lytx Partner on School Bus Driver Safety Program

Durham School Services has seen improvements in driver behavior since deploying Lytx’s event recorders across its full fleet of 15,000 buses in December 2018.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserNovember 14, 2019

School Bus Driver Arrested After Crashing Into Ditch

Ten students and an aide are aboard when Jonathan Gates of Oregon, 20, crashes his bus. He is charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, and reckless endangering.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2019

Special-Needs Expert to Boost Training With Q-Straint/Sure-Lok Award Winnings

Therese Pelicano, a transportation manager for Frederick County (Md.) Public Schools, will use her Q’Straint/Sure-Lok Special Needs Transportation award winnings to enhance wheelchair securement training for her transportation staff.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson November 12, 2019

5-Year-Old Student Falls Out of School Bus, Taken to Hospital

The student falls out of the Alquippa (Pa.) School District bus after another student apparently pulls the lever on the bus’s back door. The student is taken to the hospital and is later released.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserNovember 11, 2019

NCST Gears Up for 2020

The National Congress on School Transportation Steering Committee firms up plans and writing committees are researching requests for procedures manual changes. The Congress will meet in Des Moines, Iowa, in May.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson November 8, 2019

School Bus Drivers Box in Motorist Who Ran Stop Arm

Two school bus drivers from Rocky River (Ohio) City School District block the motorist's vehicle after she passes a stopped school bus, almost hitting a student and a crossing guard.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson November 7, 2019

Student Almost Struck By Logging Truck While Boarding School Bus

A Lancaster County (S.C.) School District bus stops to pick up the student when a logging truck that was traveling toward the bus swerves to avoid another truck that is stopped for the bus. The student is not harmed.

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