Can You Imagine a Day Without School Buses?

Can You Imagine a Day Without School Buses?

We see school buses every day – these big, familiar yellow vehicles usually ply the roads every morning and late afternoon as they transport children to and from school. While you take school buses for granted, imagine a day without them. Let’s look at the possible scenarios without school buses. Imagine a day in your … Read more

PA School Bus Drivers – Training for Special Needs Students

PA School Bus Drivers – Training for Special Needs Students

Like many other professions, driving a school bus presents unique challenges. PA school bus drivers are responsible for the safety of the students on the bus and their conduct while they’re still on board. Adding to these typical responsibilities is another one, this time pretty uncommon – transporting students with special needs or disabilities. Regional … Read more

How to Keep Wheelchair-Bound Students Safe on the School Bus

How to Keep Wheelchair-Bound Students Safe on the School Bus

Every student deserves to be transported safely to and from school, particularly students with disabilities and special needs. However, transporting children with disabilities and special needs can be challenging. School bus drivers know that such a task requires physical and mental work. Of course, safety is always of paramount importance. As always, the drivers understand … Read more

History Making Bus Drivers You’ll Want to Know

History Making Bus Drivers You’ll Want to Know

Being a bus driver is much more than just keeping commuters and other drivers safe. It also involves interacting with different people daily and handling the stress of this job. Bus drivers, particularly school bus drivers, are expected to be role models, especially for youngsters. As such, school bus drivers should set good examples that … Read more

Guidance for the Public to Share Road Safely with PA School Buses

Guidance for the Public to Share Road Safely with PA School Buses

Pennsylvania school bus drivers have an immense responsibility to keep their young passengers safe on their routes every day. While transporting students to and from school can sound easy enough, motorists who illegally pass school buses, or who do not follow school bus stopping laws put children in danger. Every motorist on the road plays … Read more

April Is Distracted Driver Awareness Month

April Is Distracted Driver Awareness Month

Distracted driving and its dangers Distracted driving is a significant problem on American roads. Cellphone use – calling, texting, and social media – has become the most prevalent cause of distracted driving. Other common causes of distraction include reaching for an object, eating, drinking, applying makeup, talking to a passenger, or getting distracted by them. … Read more

School Bus Driver’s Tips for Disinfecting Buses

School Bus Drivers Tips for Disinfecting Buses

As a school bus driver, your priority is always the safety of the students. With the Covid-19 pandemic still lingering, that safety has now extended to keeping the school bus clean, sanitized, and disinfected to prevent the virus and other microbes from spreading.   Unlike other viruses, the Covid-19 virus can spread at a fast … Read more

Ways the Yellow School Bus Changed Over Time

Ways the Yellow School Bus Changed Over Time

Whenever you see a school bus on the road, you might wonder, “Why is the school bus yellow? Why not red, white, or any other color?” or “Why does the school bus look a bit different from the other buses?” You might be surprised that the yellow hue wasn’t always the standard. Would you also … Read more

Field Trips Locations PA School Bus Drivers Take Students

Field Trip Locations PA School Bus Drivers Take Students

Learning is not confined to only the four walls of the classroom. Students also need to go out of the classroom and into the real world to have a first-hand and immersive experience of the subjects previously lectured. Educational field trips provide such an experience to the students to help them broaden their knowledge and … Read more

PA School Bus Drivers Know How to Avoid Common Road Hazards

PA School Bus Drivers Know How to Avoid Common Road Hazards

PA school bus drivers work hard every day to ensure that the students on board get to school and back home safely. Driving in any city or community presents challenges to every school bus driver. The fact that there are numerous road hazards in driving – and that they’re still on the rise – is … Read more