Transportation for students

In North America, the school bus is a specific type of government-regulated vehicle distinct from other types of buses. The United States have specially built and equipped school buses; by law these are required to be painted school bus yellow and equipped with various forms of warning and safety devices specific to them. 

A school bus is a type of bus used for transporting children and teenagers to and from school and school events. The first school bus was horse-drawn, introduced in 1827 by George Shillibeer for a Quaker school at Abney Park in Stoke Newington, London, United Kingdom, and was designed to carry 25 children. In the United States, school buses are almost universally used to transport students. This service is almost always provided without charge to families.

School bus safety

The school bus stop laws in the United States is usually based on 11-705 of the 1992 Uniform Vehicle Code (UVC) (© National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances)

UVC 11-705(a) The driver of a vehicle meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus that meets the color and identification requirements of 12-222(a), (b) and (c) of this code stopped on the highway shall stop before reaching such school bus when there is in operation on said school bus the flashing red lights specified in 12-222(a) and said driver shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion or the flashing red lights are no longer actuated.

Students are always first, and every drivers of all vehicles have to stop and wait until the students are all passing safely,so the school bus starts to move again. Police officers, school crossing guards, and even school bus drivers themselves in certain places may have the power to wave traffic on even when red lights are flashing. All drivers must stop 100 actual feet behind the school bus.