Yellow School Bus
Appoximately 54% of all K-12 grade students in the country ride yellow school buses.
Public education started in the mid - 1600's, but pupil transportation was not provided until the late 1800's. By 1910, 30 states had pupil transportation programs in place. First the transportation system was done with horse-drawn carts borrowed from local farmers. With the development of gasoline-powered engines, the "wagon" was replaced with the school "bus."

The design and construction of today's school buses are a direct result of the federal motor vehicle safety standards that apply to school buses. The improvements made to school buses in the past decades, and improvements in driver training, school bus maintenance and school bus operating procedures, have been responsible for the outstanding safety record of school transportation. Every year, approximately 390,000 public school buses travel about 4.2 billion miles to transport 23 million children to and from school and school - related activities.
- Americans spends an average of $493 per regular education child for transportation annually.

- The national school bus accident rate is 0.02 per 100 million miles traveled.

- Three-point seat belts are required on all newly manufactured small school buses.

- Only New York and New Jersey currently require two-point seat belts on large school buses.