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Group and panel discussions as well as live enactments performed by local law enforcement using school buses at the NAPT Summit help attendees prepare for violent incidents.
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Charlie Vits receives the Child Safety Advocate Award from Safe Kids Indiana and the Automotive Safety Program for his role in developing IMMI’s SmartFrame technology for school bus seating and educating industry professionals about the value of restraint systems on buses.
Read More →An initial investigation by the Kentucky State Police into Monday’s crash shows that the bus left the roadway for reasons that are unknown, partially overturned onto its side and then hit a tree. Officials say that the bus was equipped with seat belts, and it appears that they were in use by all occupants at the time of the crash.
Read More →Ronda Shultz quickly drove students away from a car-pedestrian accident at a bus stop on her route, got them counseling, and offered help to the parents of the girl hit by the car. She was named “Bus Driver of the Month” by the Danville (Pa.) Area School District’s superintendent.
Read More →Compromising safety because of cost is a shortsighted decision. It is important to remember that the value of a human life does not change in a recession.
Read More →Shirley McManners is sentenced to one year in prison and 14 years of probation for the December accident in which she struck and killed 17-year-old Brandy Hart after she exited her school bus. McManners pled guilty last month to a charge of vehicular homicide and apologized to Hart’s family.
Read More →Simply making sure the bus is empty after a run is one of the easier duties a driver has, yet children still get left behind on school buses again and...
Read More →A roundup of crashes involving school buses, including: woman facing charges after hitting student unloading school bus, student injured when school bus and car collide, and school bus with students onboard hits home.
Read More →Beginning today, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will release all accident investigation public dockets to the NTSB Website.
Read More →Although stop-arm violations are a top safety concern for school bus operations across the nation, other transportation-related issues can be just as vexing. The following list identifies the most common challenges pupil transporters face and effective ways of dealing with them.
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