Most school bus drivers are unfortunately accustomed to dealing with school bus fights, but one Kentucky district is taking extra steps to keep the daily ride to and from school safe for students and free of fights. Jefferson County Public Schools is hiring extra police officers, increasing the use of video cameras onboard buses, and… Read more »
https://youtu.be/reIJX4IPrX0 Every year, Washoe County School District in Nevada holds an event to showcase the district’s winter preparedness. One of the highlights of the event is a competition in which school bus drivers install tire chains on their buses. Also, transportation officials from the district talk about the procedures put in place to ensure students… Read more »
Being aware at all times is an absolutely essential part of being a school bus driver, in a video that went viral over the weekend shows the frightening consequences of what happens when drivers aren’t paying attention. The video from Louisville, Kentucky, captures a young student getting caught in the bus door and being dragged… Read more »
Bus technology is advancing so rapidly these days. We have GPS, stop-arm cameras, interior bus surveillance equipment, and student tracking software available to school bus drivers, and there is still so much room for advancement. Drivers still deal with regular issues and limitations of bus design that could compromise the safety of students and buses… Read more »
An Arizona school bus driver has resigned from a suburban Phoenix district this week after video was released showing the driver locking dozens of students on the bus, yelling at the students for bad behavior, before speeding off while parents attempted to break into the bus to free their children. The resignation was confirmed by… Read more »
Dangerous and frightening stop-arm violations have been a prominent topic in school transportation this year, but one particularly harrowing video seems to have caught the attention of the entire nation. The video was taken from inside a Washington state school bus and shows as three students are very nearly hit by an SUV which speeds… Read more »
There are plenty of reasonable causes to discipline students on school buses, such as bullying, changing seats or standing up while the school bus is in motion, and being a disruption. But, I bet you’ve never heard of a student being disciplined for reading on their daily trips to and from school, until now. A… Read more »
A frightening school bus wreck this morning has led to the arrest of a Mid-Del school bus driver according to authorities. The bus driver is accused of driving under the influence of drugs, as well as three counts of leaving the scene of an accident and one count of leaving the scene of an injury… Read more »
The National School Transportation Association (NSTA) is holding its annual Spring Bus-In on Capitol Hill this week, where members and industry experts will take part in nearly 200 congressional meetings. The meetings taking place Tuesday and Wednesday cover a wide range of topics including the federal Compliance, Safety and Accountability program and the drug testing… Read more »
Nineteen people were injured Monday when a Megabus charter bus collided with a semi-truck while traveling near Edinburgh, Indiana. The crash was traveling from Chicago to Atlanta when it hit the back of a stopped semi-truck in a construction zone in the early hours of the morning. According to police, none of the passengers’ injuries… Read more »
