There must be something about school buses that makes people go insane. Maybe it’s the bright orange color that’s driving people mad. Whatever the case may be, people seem to do a lot of strange things around school buses. In Gwinnett County, Georgia, a 65-year-old man was tired of school buses “speeding on his street” as he put it. So he decided to take matters into his own hands, and according to police, attacked a school bus that was transporting … Continue reading →
In Massachusetts, a fast-acting mother is being credited with saving a sidewalk full of children from a runaway bus. Lorie Aliano had just dropped off her son at elementary school for a class trip to the zoo. That was when she looked up and spotted an empty bus rolling down a driveway and heading towards the children. So she jumped into the bus, sat down in the driver’s seat, and stomped on the middle pedal . . . which she … Continue reading →
In Raleigh, North Carolina, the Wake County Public School District is testing a new way for students to get on and off the school bus. A bar swings out in front of the bus to indicate that it is safe to cross the street, sorta like those gates we see at a checkpoint. The kids have to wait until the bus driver swings out the bar, signaling it is safe to cross the street. After following child safety issues for … Continue reading →