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Newsby Thomas McMahonJune 11, 2015

School buses exempt from electronic stability control mandate

NHTSA has finalized a rule that requires electronic stability control systems on heavy trucks and some large buses, but not school buses.

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Newsby StaffApril 29, 2015

NAPT reveals speakers for 2015 Summit

Federal safety officials and inspirational athletes are among the key presenters on tap for the National Association for Pupil Transportation event.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2015

Graco fined $10 million for handling of car seat recall

A NHTSA investigation found that the company failed to provide timely notification of a defect in more than 4 million car seats.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 14, 2015

NHTSA panel to revisit school bus seat belt issue

The federal agency will convene a group to examine the long-debated topic of seat belts on school buses. A NHTSA spokesman tells SBF that plans for the panel are just getting underway.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 6, 2015

New NHTSA chief to speak at Love the Bus event

Administrator Mark Rosekind will be among the dignitaries at the American School Bus Council’s Feb. 10 event. He is slated to talk about the safety benefits of school buses.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 22, 2015

NAPT, NSTA reaffirm position on occupant protection

The associations point to NHTSA’s 2011 denial of a petition from the Center for Auto Safety requesting that the agency mandate seat belts in large school buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

NHTSA: Traffic fatalities dropped 3.1% in 2013

Newly released federal data also show a nearly 25% decline in overall highway deaths since 2004.

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ArticlesOctober 14, 2014

NAPT News & Views — Seat belts on buses? You decide

NAPT and NSTA were informed that NHTSA’s best advice on the matter is in a single document: the 2011 denial of a petition that the agency mandate seat belts in large school buses.

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Newsby StaffAugust 26, 2014

NHTSA official blogs on son’s first school bus ride

David Friedman, acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, describes feeling “powerless” as his son stepped aboard a yellow bus for the first time. But, Friedman writes, he had checked the numbers: “School buses are the safest way to get to school, even safer than in the family car.”

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJune 16, 2014

Study: Total cost of auto crashes topped $800 billion

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds that motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. in 2010 resulted in economic costs of $277 billion and $594 billion in societal harm.

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