Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont California has its own practice, where the driver exits the school bus and helps students cross the street, using a stop sign. This makes California an exception to need- ing crossing arms. However, it does not matter if your state requires
crossing arms. For the safety of the students, it is the right thing to do. Had I been doing my job better in 2004 and fitted crossing arms sooner, it is likely the 6-year- old would still be alive. I accept this responsibility, and it continues to weigh upon me. What do some of the leaders in the industry think of using crossing arms? Dick Fischer: “We must do everything possible to
make our school buses safer. I strongly support having crossing arms on all school buses.” Robert Pudlewski: “Of all the items you can add to a school bus to make it safer, the crossing arm is by far one of the most effective. To operate school buses with- out a crossing arm is needlessly putting student’s lives at risk. It should be mandatory in every state.”
Shelly Hall: “Student Transportation of America have
crossing arms fitted on every school bus, in all the states we operate and in Canada. We believe this is an essen- tial item of safety equipment and should be included on every school bus in North America.” There are many devices on the market you can add to a school bus to improve its safety. However, none are proven to save more lives than crossing arms, and for such a low cost. Twenty less front-of-the-bus fatalities, decade over decade, proves this to be true. Please do not put yourself in my position, knowing
you could have saved a child’s life for only $400 per bus. Fit crossing gates to your fleet now. Please note, neither I nor my company sell crossing
arms or have any financial interest in any company that does sell them. My interest is in trying to persuade as many school districts and school bus contractors as pos- sible to add crossing arms to further reduce front-of-the school bus student fatalities. ●
Jeff Cassell is the president and founder of School Bus Safety Company. All data cited is sourced from the National School Bus Loading and Unloading Survey performed each year by the Kansas State Department of Education.
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