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School busses have a regulatory carve out for pollution controls and seat belts. School busses are most dangerous new built passenger vehicles allowed on the ro
by zardo 5y ago
School busses have a regulatory carve out for pollution controls and seat belts. School busses are most dangerous new built passenger vehicles allowed on the road in the US with more than three wheels.
- Aloha 5y agoYet fatal accidents involving school buses are vanishingly rare.
- jandrese 5y agoSchool busses only rarely get on the highway, most collisions happen on low speed secondary roads, which are rarely fatal. Plus the sheer mass of the bus means it doesn't get thrown around as much as a car would in an accident.
- zardo 5y agoThey do have higher standards for the drivers
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoThe standards are basically the same as for a commercial truck driver. The edge cases of what they're willing to accept are slightly different.
- fomine3 5y agoHow dangerous?