Keeping bus safety in check
Buses flipped upside-down rarely crumple. Buses with wheels lifted off the ground in rear-end accidents often drive away from the scene.
And buses hit broadside usually just slide away from the impact.
"It's built like a tank,” said Stephen Foster Jr. , transportation director for Oklahoma City Public Schools .
That is one of the greatest safety features of a bus, Foster said, adding that buses...
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