REVIEWING SCHOOL BUS SAFETY STANDARDS

The Carrollton church bus crash in which 27 lives were lost due to smoke inhalation and fire injury partly because the only emergency exit in the rear of the bus was cut off by flames, has created renewed discussion into safety standards for school buses. Although federal safety standards are more stringent for school buses than those for transit buses and school buses are deemed to be far safer than transit buses, many still feel that even more stringent standards need to be implemented.

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• Publication Date: 1988-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • School Bus Fleet
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Bobit Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0036-6501
  • Serial URL: http://schoolbusfleet.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergency exits; Fires; Fuel tanks; Safety; School buses; Smoke; Standards
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety standards
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00475895
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1988 12:00AM