At last
The BBC has finally discovered something about America that it likes. Is it individualism? Economic liberalism? Baseball? Nah. It's yellow school buses!
Surprisingly, this didn't come up in the BBC coverage.
Surprisingly, this didn't come up in the BBC coverage.
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What? They didn't comment on the lack of seat belts, a gross safety violation?
Must have been an error.
;)
What? They didn't comment on the lack of seat belts, a gross safety violation?
Must have been an error.
;)
It's interesting how the school buses were characterized. The media here complains every time there's a school bus accident that they don't have restraints. There have been a few cases where school buses have rolled off a mountain road, down a revine. The newscasters describe how, since they don't have safety belts, the children were tossed around inside like rag dolls, and one can imagine the poor little fellows breaking their necks as they hit the ceiling. But it is true that it's rare to hear about serious school bus accidents. So the statement that they have an exemplary safety record is probably accurate. I may be wrong, but I think regular buses that travel long distances, like Greyhound, or our local metro area RTD shuttle system, have safety belts in them.
Probably the reason for the appeal of our school buses to the BBC is that they're uniform, and they're a form of public transport, though interestingly not nationally funded.
I remember years ago hearing about how while the yellow color of the school buses was chosen for visibility, the color was chosen by committee (ie. the decision was based on compromise rather than sound judgement or science), or something, and they're actually less visible at night than fire engines, which are colored red. Some study had suggested that school buses would be more visible in variable light conditions if they were colored like fire engines.
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