School buses are the safest vehicles on the road.
The role of the school bus driver in ensuring the safe transportation of children to and from school and school-related activities is as important as any other link in the school transportation safety chain. While the construction and safety equipment of school buses is critical to providing safety to school bus occupants when a crash occurs, it is the school bus driver who often prevents incidents and crashes each school day. The safety record of school bus transportation is a testament to school bus drivers and the rest of the school transportation industry. Over the years, a number of actions have been taken to improve school bus driver selection and training activities. Since the early 1920's when training manuals for school bus drivers were developed, private and public entities have continued their efforts to develop and improve school bus driver training.