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Malone, Roger – American School Board Journal, 1991
New school bus safety guidelines went into effect last May. The safety measures are voluntary and their purpose is to help state officials as they review school bus standards. Summarizes accident statistics and briefly describes some of the more serious accidents involving school buses. (MLF)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Safety, School Buses, Student Transportation
Goodrich, Watson I. – School Business Affairs, 1979
Describes the School Bus Driver Training Project in New York. (MLF)
Descriptors: Driver Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Safety Education, School Buses
Geraldi, Robert J.; And Others – School Business Affairs, 1984
Describes a Wisconsin school bus accident in which the driver was killed and students injured, and the school district's response. Suggests ways to cope with school bus accidents. (MCG)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Injuries, Interviews
Matthews, John – School Planning and Management, 1998
Provides an example of how one county public school system was able to minimize traffic accidents and increase safety around its schools. Illustrations are provided of safer bus loading zones, pedestrian walkways and sidewalks, staff parking, and acceptable methods for staging buses. A checklist for school driveway design concludes the article.…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Parking Facilities, Pedestrian Traffic
Farrell, Elaine – School Business Affairs, 1987
Reviews conflicting federal and state developments (including liability lawsuits) involving seat belt installation on school buses. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board differ on this issue, and several states are considering seat belt legislation or crashworthiness studies. Hints are…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Restraints (Vehicle Safety)
Merrins, James M. – School Business Affairs, 1993
Two bus accidents taught a school district the value of a self-developed plan of response to a school bus accident. Provides a sample school bus accident preparedness plan. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Public Schools, School Buses
Vail, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1996
In Fox River Grove, Illinois, 7 teenagers were killed the morning of October 25, 1995, when a 620-ton commuter train crashed into the rear end of their school bus. School, transportation, and safety officials have focused on three areas: train crossings and signals, bus-driver training, and school-bus construction. Lists 10 vital lessons for…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Board of Education Policy, Bus Drivers, Elementary Secondary Education
American School Board Journal, 1983
Describes an elaborate but inexpensive school bus disaster drill staged by Consolidated High School District No. 230 in Palos Hills, Illinois, to test community preparedness for such types of emergencies. (JBM)
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Consolidated Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs
Fox, Michael – Education Canada, 1995
Following the deaths of two elementary school students in bus-related accidents in 1992, the Coroner of Quebec held extensive hearings investigating school bus safety and accident prevention. A subsequent report addressed responsibilities of government and school board officials to correct deficiencies in school bus services and provided…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Boards of Education, Bus Drivers, Bus Transportation
