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Yellow schoolbus Transportation is one of the best deals your community receives for their tax dollar.
Yellow school bus transportation is the safest, most economical and friendly method of transporting California's
school children.
Every day California parents send almost a million of their children to a local school bus stop... with peace of
mind. The school transportation community in California has earned the rights of trust because:
According to the National Safety Council
in 1996, Yellow School buses are:
- 172 times safer than your family automobile
- 8 times safer than passenger trains
- 4 times safer than transit buses
- 4 times safer than intercity buses
- 8 times safer than scheduled airlines
The Department of Transportation requires many additional safety features be built into every school bus which
are not found on any other public or private vehicle.
MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER'S are required by law to receive more training than any other driver in the State.
A School bus driver receives training in student management and first aid. A school bus driver's background is
checked by the Department of Justice and/or the FBI prior to receiving a license to drive a school bus. School
bus stops are strictly regulated by law. Procedures to load and unload the students are also regulated by law.
School bus drivers are regulated by hundreds of additional laws governing the operation and maintenance of a school
bus. School Bus drivers receive so much original and continual training, that a school bus driver can legally drive
any bus on the roadways.
PUBLIC TRANSIT BUS DRIVER'S are not required by law to undergo a criminal background check before/after
driving the bus. Public transit bus drivers are not required to be trained on how to care and handle YOUR child.
Imagine placing your young child on a city bus with a bus load of strange adults, in a bus that stops to load and
unload everywhere in the city, where your child can get off the bus at any location with any person.
YOUR PERSONAL FAMILY CAR:
Statistics show that School Buses are 172 times safer than your family car. Most family car drivers receive Driver's
Education as a teenager or Traffic School due to a citation or other circumstances, other than that, NO formal
driving training is required.
California state law does not mandate home to school transportation except for special education.
In 1996 over 300 million miles were driven by California Schoolbuses with out one pupil passenger fatality.
Give your opinion to your state legislatures to enact legislation which will permanently establish, protect
and fully fund home to school transportation for your children.
It's the law!
STOP!
When Red Lights Flash.
California's school transportation system is the largest mass transportation system in the state. Over
25,000 school buses provide approximately three million passenger rides each school day. On an annual basis California
school buses travel over 334 million miles and provide over a half billion passenger rides.
The state provides less than 50% of the money actually used to transport students which results in school districts
funding schoolbuses out of monies which could be used for teachers, books and classroom construction.
During 1995 California had a school bus injury rate which decreased by over 11% from 1994.
Student enrollment transported on California Schoolbuses is 17.1%, the National average is 54%.
DID YOU REALIZE...? School enrollment in the United States will increase 33 percent between 1990 and 2030.
This will add 4 million additional children by 2005 and 15 million by 2030.
The school transportation industry provides 10 billion students rides annually--this is the largest form of public
transportation in the United States.
There are over 400,000 school buses operating each school day in the United States.
School bus drivers log over 4 billion miles each school year.
There are 50 million children in public and private schools--yellow school buses transport half of this number
every day.
The Accident and injury rate of yellow school buses in the United States makes the Yellow Schoolbus the safest
ride in America!
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