Drivers often ignore school bus stop signs due to distraction, poor visibility, or confusion about the law — resulting in over 17 million...

Picture this: It’s 6:55 AM. It’s raining. A kindergartener in a puffy coat steps off the bus. There’s no streetlight. There’s no...

Let’s be honest: Most school bus safety regs weren’t written to be proactive. They were written after tragedy. That’s how it always...

The most dangerous time for school bus riders is during loading and unloading, especially in the early morning and late afternoon hours...

The buses are off the road. Mechanics are doing checks. Drivers are in training. If you’re ever going to get ahead on safety tech—summer...

You’ve heard it before: “Use the 3-second rule when following a car.” But there’s another 3-second rule we talk about in school...

Each year in the U.S., an estimated 12 to 15 students are killed and hundreds are injured while walking near school buses — most in the...

We hear this often: “We already use Safe Fleet.” “We just invested in First Light.” “We have cameras on every bus.” Good. But here’s...

Every safety coordinator has heard it—or said it: “We haven’t had an incident yet.” It sounds like confidence. But in reality, it’s...

School bus stop arm laws require drivers to stop when a bus extends its stop arm and activates flashing red lights, signaling that...

Your district wants to do more—but your state doesn’t allow ground-level safety lighting yet. Now what? First, good news: 26 states...

School bus stop-arm cameras are great—for after the fact. But if a driver never sees a child stepping off the bus, what exactly are you...

School bus safety lights work by using synchronized, high-visibility LEDs to alert oncoming drivers and guide students to safety zones...

Copycat products are everywhere—from sunglasses to safety systems. But when you’re talking about student lives, cut-rate technology isn’t...

If red lights alone were enough to stop traffic, we wouldn’t still be talking about school bus safety in 2025. But here we are. Despite...

The school bus danger zone is the 10-foot area around all sides of a bus where visibility is limited and students are at the highest risk...

Q: Should school districts wait for the NHTSA report before upgrading school bus safety technology? No. Waiting for the NHTSA report...

School buses haven’t changed much since disco was on the radio—and neither has how we light them. Yet roads have changed. Drivers are...

The fourth paragraph of “Accounted For”  on page 24 of School Transportation New Magazine’s article in the September 2024 issue with the...

What remains to be done in the school transportation sector to ensure the safety of students? While significant progress has been made in...