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foot away from the front bumper and it was out of sight. We were told the mirrors were adjusted properly. It was shocking. Tere needs to be better overall training for drivers, and it should be mandated.” DeCarlo added that bus drivers should be trained with mirror grid but she cautioned that it’s the way the grid is used that counts. DeCarlo manages a Facebook page called “From the Bus Driver’s Seat,” on which she posts news articles concerning school bus safety and driver behavior. She wrote a LinkedIn article in March titled, “Hidden in Plain Sight.” Te article contained photos of her school district’s mirror grid test with mannequins placed in various blind spots around buses. “Te mirror grid is not good enough unless


A closer inspection of the school bus front reveals a potentially horrific oversight that isn’t always captured in mirror systems.


Zone. Life-size mannequins were used with a mirror grid in Lake Shore’s training exercise. Drivers were shocked at how easily a child can be overlooked.


Some were visibly shaken. “A one-inch mirror bracket hid a mannequin placed under the mirror,” DeCarlo said. “Another was placed a


you use the mannequins and props so drivers can see their blind spots, she said. “A trainer can ask if they are seeing the props. When you see your disadvantages, you can rock (lean forward or backward to see into blind spots) before you roll (drive away). People were shocked when they were shown their blind spots. Tere should be a mirror grid station in every bus depot.”


52 School Transportation News • MAY 2017


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