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Buses
To Get
“Stop Arms”
School buses ordered after July 1 will be equipped with special “stop” signs to prevent traffic from passing while students are getting on and off vehicles at scheduled stops, the Department of Educations said today.
The red octagonal sign—called a stop arm—will be installed on the left side of the bus near the front and will extend outward as the bus stops. The sign will have flashing lights and the word “stop” in white letters. Buses already in use will be equipped with the warning device in order of need as established by the locality. Cost per bus will be about $100.
The Board of Education authorized use of the signs as a means of reducing the number of student injuries and fatalities at bus stops. School buses traveled 76,004,967 miles in 1977-78 and carried 760,849 public school students daily. Between 1976-77 and 1977-78, injuries rose from 7 to 12 and fatalities from 0 to 1.
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