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Rules While Riding the Bus

Safety is not just a driver concern. There is a shared responsibility we have with each student that rides a Glendale District bus. To help provide for the safety of the students, the driver, and the public, the District has established bus rules.

It is the intent of the school district to provide a safe transportation experience. To achieve this everyone needs to do their part. Keep in mind the right to ride the school bus is a privilege extended to students through Board policy, and that failure to follow District bus rules may result in a loss of the privilege.

BUS RULES

1. Follow directions immediately when asked.
2. Stay in your seat and keep your feet out of the aisle.
3. Keep all parts of your body inside the bus.
4. Talk quietly and keep your hands to yourself.
5. No eating and drinking.
6. No profanity or vulgar language.
7. Never throw things on the bus or out the windows.
8. Never play with the emergency exits.
9. Large instruments or sports equipment should not block the aisle or emergency exits.
10. Remain seated until the bus comes to a complete stop.
11. Do not mark, scratch, or deface the bus.
12. Do not litter on the bus.
     

STATE LAW FORBIDS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS
TO BE BROUGHT ONTO THE BUS:

• Dangerous items/weapons
• Glass
• Animals
• Insects
• Tobacco
   

School Buses: One of the Safest Forms of Transportation

DID YOU KNOW the traditional yellow school bus is one of the safest forms of transportation in the United States? Consider the facts:

• School buses are nearly 2,000 times safer than the family car.

• Every year, approximately 440,000 public school buses travel 4.3 billion miles to transport 23.5 million students to and from school and school-related activities.

• The school bus is the only mode of transportation which has been reducing accidents, injuries and fatalities while increasing the number of vehicles, miles, and passengers annually.

• The school bus occupant fatality rate of 0.2 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled is much lower than the rates for passenger cars (1.5) or light trucks and vans (1.3).

• Pedestrian fatalities -- those occurring while loading and unloading school buses -- account for approximately three times as many school bus-related fatalities when compared to school bus occupant fatalities.

• Of all the vehicle occupant fatalities reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration between 1987 and 1996, a mere 0.04% were related to school bus transportation.

• This impressive safety record is a direct reflection of the professional pride and expertise of America's school bus drivers.