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The only vehicle that gets more respect from traffic than an ambulance.
means A vehicle, usually painted a specific shade of yellow, operated by or for a school district to carry students between home and school.
from Compound of 'school' (Old English 'scol', borrowed from Latin 'schola', itself from Greek 'skhole' — which originally meant 'leisure' or 'spare time,' since education was something only the leisured could pursue) and 'bus,' a shortening of 'omnibus,' Latin for 'for all.' The specific golden-yellow paint — often assumed to just be tradition — actually traces to a 1939 series of U.S. conferences that standardized school bus color for maximum visibility in low light, settling on a shade now known as 'National School Bus Glossy Yellow.'
- color science
- National School Bus Glossy Yellow, chosen for visibility in dawn fog.
- safety record
- Statistically safer than a kid's parent driving them.
- stop sign power
- Legally freezes traffic in both directions when flashing.
- seat design
- High padded seatbacks act as crash cushioning, called compartmentalization.