b'Collision mitigation technologies are alreadyn late 2018, the CullmanAlabama, she remarked that in a snap, benefitingCounty School System insomething, somehow, took over her Alabama received a smalldriving, and the collision was averted. school busfleet of brand-new buses thatHowever, unknown to her and any of were manufactured by IC Busthe other contracted drivers, all of the transportation,in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The dis- new buses were equipped with colli-but the systemstrict hired a drive-away servicesion mitigation systems. Such systems to deliver the buses to Birmingham,are now standard technology on all are slow inwhere the school district would takenew buses that are manufactured by possession. the IC Bus.being adoptedDuring the trip, one of the bus driv- This story illustrates the unexpected throughout theers nearly crashed. By some stroke ofvalue that collision mitigation systems good fortune, or rather by innovativeoffer for the many people who drive, U.S.so far technology at work, a likely dangerousride and travel in and around school incident was avoided. buses. The equipment provides addi-Written by Jim Romeo When the driver finally arrived intional safetynot only for the children 36School Transportation NewsSEPTEMBER 2019'