Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. It is also true that children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to these students, to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Most take other modes of transportation, including walking, biking or riding in a car, going on public transportation. Children are often at greater risk outside the school bus than inside it. We have figure showing 264 students who died in School Transportation related accidents in the last 10 years. 97 were struck by a vehicle while walking near the bus. We are going to hear today from what congress can do to stop violations by drivers who illegally Pass School Buses loading or unloading pa
Tsb. Captioning performed byc captioning performed by vitac i do. I think thats a perfect example of one of the incentives that the federal government could use to provide increased Safety Measures for kids on school buses. Right. And back to ms. Poland. In your investigation of the oakland bus fire, you noted that the School Bus Engine designs often failed to mitigate the spread of gases into the passenger compartment. That can exacerbate a situation involving a fire, but can you speak to whether or not these fumes can regularly enter into the passenger compartment even in the absence of a fire . Our investigation, of course, focused on the postcrash fire this that event and when there was that significant fire in the engine compartment how the incomplete fire wall led to the fire being able to spread into the passenger compartment. Can you comment on the entrance of fumes into the bus cavity . The ntsb currently does not have a position on that aspect. Okay. Thank you. I yield back,
Ms. Norton todays hearing on School Bus Safety is a timely hearing with children out of to see what needs to be done to keep them safe. I am interested in keeping them safe not only on school buses and as they get on and off school buses, but i am interested in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively set safety record. It is also true that children or everyed every day crashes. Us related more than i believe in most accidents, we owe it to our children, the students, to examine why these fatalities done tond what can be prevent them. There are some School Districts, school buses in my own district, modes oftake other transportation including biking, car, goingding in a on public transportation. Children are often at greater risk outside a school bus than inside it. We have figures showing 260 four students have died in School Transportationrelated accidents in the last 10 years. 97 were struck by a vehicle. Hile walking near
Americas newsroom. Here we go. House republicans say theyre in the final stage of their investigation into the bidens and they are set to hear from several key witnesses including the man who led the investigation into hunter biden. Bill the d. O. J. Is offering david weiss for testimony before the house. Higher ups pressured weiss to give hunter a plea deal. He maintains thats not true and prepared to say that under oath. Dana the House Oversight committee will finally get a chance to interview Hunter Bidens former best friend and Business Associate devon archer after he canceled the deposition three times. Bill he is said to be prepared to testify that then Vice President biden joined his sons business meetings by person or phone. Something the white house has repeatedly denied. Dana coming to a head as hunter biden prepares to pled guilty to misdemeanor tax charges. Team fox coverage. Karl rove is on deck. We begin with Gillian Turner at the white house. Hi, gillian. Its a major mov
Americas newsroom. Here we go. House republicans say theyre in the final stage of their investigation into the bidens and they are set to hear from several key witnesses including the man who led the investigation into hunter biden. Bill the d. O. J. Is offering david weiss for testimony before the house. Higher ups pressured weiss to give hunter a plea deal. He maintains thats not true and prepared to say that under oath. Dana the House Oversight committee will finally get a chance to interview Hunter Bidens former best friend and Business Associate devon archer after he canceled the deposition three times. Bill he is said to be prepared to testify that then Vice President biden joined his sons business meetings by person or phone. Something the white house has repeatedly denied. Dana coming to a head as hunter biden prepares to pled guilty to misdemeanor tax charges. Team fox coverage. Karl rove is on deck. We begin with Gillian Turner at the white house. Hi, gillian. Its a major mov