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NewsOctober 30, 2014

#Brake4Buses safety campaign reaches national audience

A media campaign that started in North Carolina is helping to raise awareness of the dangers of stop-arm running.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 30, 2014

10 killed in school bus danger zone last school year

The latest national survey of school bus loading and unloading fatalities finds that in the 2013-14 school year, six children were killed by passing vehicles, and four were fatally struck by their own bus.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 15, 2014

Toddler fatally struck by school bus

After dropping off students, a school bus in Danville, Virginia, struck a 20-month-old boy who had made his way in front of the bus while it was stopped.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonAugust 12, 2014

National stop-arm survey counts 76K violations

More than 97,000 school bus drivers participated in this year’s nationwide survey of illegal bus passing, which is spearheaded by NASDPTS. Association officials say that the one-day total of 75,966 stop-arm violations points to more than 13 million violations in a 180-day school year.

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Newsby StaffJuly 7, 2014

Trucker gets prison term for crash that killed bus driver

In the July 2012 incident in New York, authorities said that Raymond Ragen crashed his cement truck into an overpass and then collided head-on with a small school bus. The bus driver was killed, and an attendant and four children were injured.

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Articlesby Thomas McMahonMay 26, 2014

The trouble with cutting bus service

Increased traffic around schools is one of the key problems. In situations like this, long lines of vehicles often build up in the morning and afternoon.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMay 14, 2014

Congressman pushes school bus safety 'overhaul' bill

U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) introduces legislation in the House of Representatives that would set minimum penalties nationwide for stop-arm running. The bill would also mandate that all states require background checks for school bus drivers, and it would create a school bus seat belt demonstration program, among other measures.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonApril 30, 2014

School bus driver charged in fatal Idaho crash

Debra Boatwright is charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the Kuna, Idaho, crash that killed an 11-year-old school bus passenger in December. The Idaho State Police's investigation found that the bus driver failed to yield the right of way to a dump truck, which struck the rear passenger side of the bus.

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Newsby StaffApril 29, 2014

NTSB issues preliminary report on motorcoach-FedEx truck crash

The FedEx truck, traveling southbound on Interstate 5, drove through the center median and entered the northbound traffic lanes of the interstate, where it collided with a passenger car, which rotated counterclockwise and departed the highway. The FedEx vehicle then hit the motorcoach, both vehicles departed the highway and a post-crash fire ensued.

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Newsby StaffApril 22, 2014

Children of bus driver in California crash speak of mother’s heroism

Jordan and Jordayna Lealao-Taiao say that survivors of the tour bus-FedEx truck crash on April 10 tell them that they might not have survived if it wasn’t for their mother. Jordan adds that the investigation into the collision so far seems to indicate that his mother brought the impact of the crash onto her side of the bus.

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