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Stop! Children Crossing

Illegal passing of school buses and stop arms has received considerable attention in recent months (and years) in the United States. A NASDPTS snapshot of 28 states, taken on one…
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Roundup: A Yellow School Bus Shot in the Arm for China?

For anyone who has been to China, the head-on crash last fall of a nine-passenger school van with a work truck that killed 21 kindergarten students and injured 41 others…
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Your Guardian Angels

According to Wikipedia, a guardian angel is an angel assigned to protect and guide a particular person or group. Does this sound like anyone you know? While I was at…
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Snow & Smells: The Joys of Being a School Bus Driver

I remember it being right after Martin Luther King weekend. I am sitting in my bed with my PJs on, and it is 4:30 in the morning. I have the…
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Can You Really Direct Transportation?

“Administrator, boss, chair, chief, controller, executive, head, key player, leader, organizer, overseer, principal, producer, skipper, supervisor, top dog, big cheese” (I made that last one up). These are some of…
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You Can’t Hear Me Now: The Perils of Distracted Driving

My first real experience with an accident that was no doubt caused by a person paying attention to their phone rather than their driving was a bit scary, to say…
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