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The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality recognizes Apache Junction Unified School District based on the exemplary performance of the district’s vehicle emissions inspector, Daniel Radcliffe Jr. Radcliffe is audited on his documentation and tested for his accuracy, and officials say that he has repeatedly earned outstanding audit scores.
Read More →The Transportation Joint Agreement operating at Crystal Lake (Ill.) School Districts 47 and 155 receives the grant at the 2012 NAPT Summit. Officials say the money will be used to outfit school buses with a combination of Zonar’s Electronic Vehicle Inspection Report, V3 telematics platform and ZPass.
Read More →Emergency response, vehicle dynamics and crash prevention were among the topics covered during the Oregon Pupil Transportation Association’s annual gathering.
Read More →NHTSA and FMCSA administrators send a letter to all 50 states’ motor vehicle administrators to remind them that 12- or 15-passenger vans should not be used to transport students because they do not provide the same level of safety as school buses.
Read More →During the development and integration of lap-shoulder belts on school buses, Johnson worked with NHTSA to define testing methodology that validates the performance of seating products.
Read More →Anti-theft device addresses emergency needsThe Ignition Security System allows bus drivers to address emergency situations while preventi...
Read More →School bus operator North Reading Transportation will pay the penalty to settle EPA allegations that it violated federally enforceable motor vehicle idling limits in Massachusetts. EPA officials say that the company has responded quickly and has already implemented a number of idle-reduction measures.
Read More →The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposes a new federal motor vehicle safety standard to require ESC systems on large commercial trucks, motorcoaches and some other large buses — but not school or transit buses. Mike Martin, executive director of the National Association for Pupil Transportation, discusses the issue with SBF.
Read More →In one of the crashes, an SUV’s tire tread separated, and the vehicle collided with a school bus carrying a high school baseball team. The National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating a crash of a church van in which the tire that failed was part of a product recall.
Read More →A vehicle crosses the center line of the road, striking the side of the bus. The crash shears two lug nuts off the bus' front left tire and completely removes the outer rear tire. No children are on the bus at the time of the accident.
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