"Bus Nut" - A Vintage Educational School Bus Safety Film

I have the toy bus in the beginning, it's painted black, yallow, and silver as a failed work in progress.

thanks, i didn't think there was a difference in costs... well, now i finally know why american schoolbuses have got bullnoses. thanks and all the best.

Have a good new year as well! I hope that helps.

There are rear engined school buses, but front engined school buses are the most affordable. Many school districts are funded by a property tax levy. Poperty owners finance the local school system which includes transportation costs. The bigger the budget, the higher the tax rate. In larger cities, the money is taken out of the city budget. Also, private companies operate school buses as well. Some districts choose to hire these companies. The companies also want low cost buses.

is there a specific reson or is it just a tradition? (i have never seen them in use for "normal" service as coaches or town buses) and also, you write that front engined buses are fine for rural or suburban areas, but i always imagined these busses operateing in urban areas, are there also other bustypes for use in the cities? however, thanks again for answering and have a happy new year

hi luzern76, thanks for answering, im happy someone did. i took a look at those mirrors you mentioned, i guess i was wrong, you realy can see a lot. but still i am wondering, why the rest of the world uses rear engined busses (od mid engined) and american schoolbuses use front engines?

danilesmithers,

You can see the mirrors from 5:21-5:25, and at 4:13. Also, front engined buses are fine for rural or suburban areas. Transit style (flat front buses) that you refer to are better for city driving.

Watch the film again and look for the cross-view mirrors. Children and other pedestrians can be see at all angles with those mirrors.

Niyou77... do you EVER think before you speak. Nevermind, that was a dumb question. Sorry, I lack an education nor am I a productive member of sociey. GROW-UP, AIR HEAD!

some of the spare buses in our has a special marking now theres 10 of them with no spare bus marking.

yes i am saying you were beaten as a baby.

Agreed.

Actually, you're wrong. She's not going to get an education, which discounts her as a productive person in our society. Bus drivers are high school dropouts or people who can't speak English.

i am sure they have, as i say, they are very nice, lookswise, but why use such an unqualified design, why not have stories behind a volvo b7l or a mercedes citaro or some american mark if you wish, but just in something designd for town trafic? hopeing for a busdriver or someone else with an answer to reply

school busses are cool man they got character each one of em has stories and S**t behind em

(please don't get me wrong, i think they are very nice, but sincce several busdrivers posted here: aren't they terrible unsuitet?)

(i'll give it the credit of being old on the high floor and the door but you stil operate front engines busses, don't you? do americans hope there busses will run over some children?)

my goodnes, high flor, front engine, big, obscureing bullnose, manual gearbox, hand operated dors and worse only one, this thing has got all characteristicas of a long distance coach (with the exeption of the interior design of corse) and it was built especialy for service in a town, worse in one school district, where it never leaves town? who thoght or didn't think when the designed these things?

What's wrong with liking school buses? I LOVE em', so are you saying I was beaten as a baby?

okay that shirt obviously said "tun sub" this video is a lie

Hoody29 your absolutey right! She's a sweet girl with a passion to drive a bus.

at my school district, we have blue bird busses. They are like the newer 2 year old or so ones with the engines in the back.

Just because she was interested in School Buses doesn't mean she was "beaten as a Baby" or "Stupid". Have you not been reading all of the other comments? Obviously you all are interested because, you not only must have watched the video... but POSTED COMMENTS! So... what's wrong with you? Maybe her Bus Driver is someone she personally looked up to and just happened to be a Bus Driver. When you were kids, or younger didn't you want to do what your "hero" or person you looked up to did?

She wants to be a bus driver? She is REALLY stupid.

what type of kid is into school buses like that? she was obviously beaten as a baby.