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Safetyby StaffJune 12, 2012

Feds issue "Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving"

Calling distracted driving "an epidemic," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood outlines steps to pass more laws, address technology and help stakeholders take action. He also announces $2.4 million in support for enforcement projects in California and Delaware.

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Managementby StaffJune 12, 2012

Pa. district to consider hiring bus consulting company

The proposal is put before the North Penn School District board after two key transportation personnel leave the department, and the district is unable to fill the vacancies. Superintendent Curt Dietrich says utilizing a company’s management services would enable the district to “tap into their expertise.”

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Safetyby StaffJune 12, 2012

Teen allegedly steals bus, drives to another terminal

The 15-year-old reportedly breaks into the office at a Johnson School Bus Service terminal in Wisconsin and takes the keys to a bus. He then drives the bus 30 miles to another Johnson terminal, where he tells police who find him that he was careful and stopped at railroad crossings along the way.

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Safetyby StaffJune 12, 2012

First Student completes safest year ever, officials say

The company travels more than 250,385 miles between preventable collisions in fiscal year 2011-12, and the chance for injury on or around a school bus is one in 7,690,000 million miles driven. This achievement is attributed to employee training and face-to-face safety conversations. In other news, the company is awarded a new five-year contract with Xenia (Ohio) Community Schools.

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Managementby StaffJune 11, 2012

Stock Transportation driver honored for service excellence

Donna Graves is named the 2011-12 School Bus Driver of the Year by the Nova Scotia Federation of Home and School Associations. Graves, who has worked for Stock Transportation for more than 12 years, was nominated by Shatford Memorial Elementary School, where she transports students.

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Managementby Thomas McMahonJune 11, 2012

Former transportation director gets prison time

Authorities say that John Wansacz Jr. admitted to using his official position to steer school district transportation contracts to a company in which he had a financial interest — and from which he received payments of more than $70,000.

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Safetyby StaffJune 7, 2012

Authorities respond after white powder found on bus

Firefighters report to a bus carrying elementary school students after a balloon containing the substance breaks open as the students are playing with it.

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Safetyby StaffJune 7, 2012

Fla. district conducts stop-arm running count

During a 29-day pilot period, cameras on just one of Volusia County Schools’ 229 buses capture a total of 71 violations. Eight out of every 10 violations occur between 1 and 3 p.m., with 67% of the violations occurring on either Tuesday or Wednesday of each week.

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Safetyby StaffJune 7, 2012

Driver resigns after crashing bus into house

In the May 23 accident, Jack Thomas, who was not wearing his seat belt, falls out of his seat after making a turn and is unable to maintain control of the bus. It careens off the other side of the road, goes through a fence and into the house’s garage.

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Managementby StaffJune 7, 2012

Researchers studying new way to make tires

The team at Michigan State University’s biochemistry and molecular biology department believes that a manmade version of isoprene, a gas, could provide an alternative source for synthetic rubber production. The researchers have made bio-isoprene using an enzyme and bacteria.

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