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Post by t3re15 on May 31, 2023 13:32:15 GMT
I saw this on inside edition  |
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Post by 92wardsenator on Jun 2, 2023 22:12:55 GMT
Very scary moments indeed. Many kudos to the kid who jumped in and saved the day when his bus driver lost consciousness. Lots of courage to jump in and take control of the situation when it could have been just as easy to sit back and not do anything.
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Post by t3re15 on Jun 13, 2023 1:27:37 GMT
What kind of bus was this?
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Post by harvestman on Jun 16, 2023 1:13:15 GMT
Head-on collisions are always chilling when a bus is involved. A few months ago, the district where I worked last year had a Nissan Altima hit one of their All American FEs head-on. The Altima driver did not survive, but I do not think there were any major injuries on the bus.  Lakota Local School District 122 (3) by Cincinnati NKY Buses, on Flickr Also worth noting: despite how mangled the front end is, the front windshield remained completely intact. |
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Post by Steve C. on Jun 17, 2023 9:40:20 GMT
Images like these are ones that show that even though buses look similar on the outside, bus design has come a long way in the past couple of decades.
Thanks to advances in design, testing, and vehicle construction (in addition to regulations), buses have continued to become safer, with many advances moving to avoid accidents in the first place. If this had been an older design (i.e., a TC/2000 or a vertical-headlight All American), the outcome could have been much different on the bus. Obviously, in collisions like these, we have to account for the laws of physics here (why a car fares worse head-on against a bus).
Not only did the windshield stay intact, but (from the looks of another shot) it looks like the front entry door was opened manually after the collision. Though the bus will likely be not be repaired, it is still amazing how buses have had crumple zones engineered into them.
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Post by Matt on Jun 18, 2023 17:54:11 GMT
I cannot tell you how many scary bus accidents I have seen while at work.
1. In May 2022, a bus was traveling down the highway, hydroplaned, and flipped with students on the buses.
2. August 2021, a vehicle traveling on a 2 lane road traveling at high speeds T-Boned a bus loaded with students. The driver of the vehicle didn’t survive.
3. November 2022, another bus hydroplaned while entering a high, went across all lanes of traffic, went through a cable barrier crossing the median, and went head on with a semi in the oncoming lane. No kids on this bus.
There have been more I’ve seen, but those are some of the worst.
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