SCHOOL BUS SAFETY:

Another View: School bus safety Salem Statesman Journal
A child is much more likely to be killed before getting on and after getting off a school bus than while riding in it, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Marengo BOE looks at bus safety Demopolis Times
LINDEN - Marengo County Board of Education members expressed interest in finding new ways to improve school bus safety at their meeting yesterday.
Buckling up on a school bus? KTVO-TV Kirksville
(OTTUMWA & KIRKSVILLE) On Wednesday, KTVO brought you the story of an accident involving a Putnam County school bus. While that bus was empty, that was one of several recent reports of school bus accidents around the United States, which raises the question "Why don't school buses have seatbelts?"
Winter weather a reminder for bus safety Montrose Daily Press
MONTROSE — Snow and below freezing temperatures in the early mornings can cause complications for Laidlaw Transit, district Re-1J’s school bus provider, but children and their parents can help by being aware of winter school bus safety.
Seat belts not necessarily safer on school bus The Fort Dodge Messenger
Having spent more than 20 years in the school portation field, Chris Darling has heard the debate over school bus seat belts since day one.
Lapses in school bus driver background checks sparks DMV shakeup Norwalk Advocate
The Department of Motor Vehicles has replaced top managers and staff who oversaw the agency's program for checking the backgrounds of school bus drivers in response to a fatal accident in West Hartford two months ago.
Recent Wrecks Raise School Bus Safety Concerns WKRN Nashville
The wrath of recent bus crash make parents wonder how safe a child is on the school bus. In September, there were scary moments for Metro students after a chain reaction crash on Charlotte Pike sent 19 kids to the hospital. | | Just Tuesday, a pick-up truck collided with school bus in Robertson County. A truck slammed into a bus carrying 16 students from East Robertson
Governor orders spot background checks on school bus drivers Boston Globe
Gov. M. Jodi Rell ordered the Department of Motor Vehicles on Wednesday to begin random background checks of licensed school bus drivers around Connecticut.
Boy hurt slightly after exiting school bus Reading Eagle
The youth was struck by the mirror of a passing car after the bus stopped along Interstate 176 in Caernarvon Township, police say.
Hillside suburbs school bus service to continue Scoop.co.nz
Environment Canterbury has decided to continue the operation of the Taylors Mistake and Westmorland school bus services throughout 2007. The services were in danger of discontinuing due to their low patronage figures.
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