Common Causes of School Bus Accidents

 

When you wait with your kids at the bus stop or drive behind a school bus on your way to work, it’s hard to imagine such a large, highly visible vehicle getting into an accident. And school bus drivers should be doing everything they can to prevent an accident—they are supposed to go through rigorous training because they’re responsible for transporting so many young passengers.

Keep Kids Safe around School Buses This Fall

 

 

School will soon be back in session, and if you’re like many American parents, you’ll be relying on that iconic yellow school bus to transport your kids to and from school in the morning and afternoon. Before you send your kids off to the bus stop, however, you should discuss bus safety precautions with them.

 

According to the National Highway and Transportation Safety

Revisiting Bus Safety Concerns in the Aftermath of a Gruesome Accident

 

A bus in India crashes into a roadside barrier and catches fire, killing 40 of its passengers – many of them burned alive by the blazes. A makeshift bus in Peru transporting 52 Quechua Indians (including 13 children) takes a plunge off a cliff, killing everyone on board, while a school bus driver from Beltsville, MD, leaves his bus unattended and this hits an 8