TRAINED TEENAGE SCHOOL-BUS DRIVERS SAFER THAN ADULTS

IN SEPTEMBER 1968, AN AMENDMENT WAS ISSUED TO HAZARDOUS- OCCUPATIONS ORDER NO. 2 TO PERMIT 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLD PERSONS TO DRIVE SCHOOL BUSES UPON APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF LABOR. GOVERNORS OF 15 STATES EMPLOYING APPROXIMATELY 12,000 SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS UNDER AGE 18 APPLIED FOR EXEMPTIONS. A BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS STUDY DISCLOSED THAT THE CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY RATE FOR DRIVERS 16 TO 17 WAS 0.7 DISABLING INJURIES PER MILLION MAN-HOURS WORKED, WHILE FOR THE DRIVERS 18 AND OVER, IT WAS 1.8. CAREFUL SELECTION OF THESE YOUNG DRIVERS, EXCELLENT TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND PROPER CONTROLS BEING EXERCISED BY SCHOOL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, ARE KEY FACTORS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 19, No 3, PP 14-16
• Corporate Authors:

  Safety Standards

  ,    
• Authors:
  • Ward, G F
• Publication Date: 1970-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Driver training; School bus drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223699
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 1972 12:00AM