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Article 19-A of NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law regarding Busdrivers. This is a word file.

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NY State Facts
 
Public Schools:                              4,166
District-owned buses:                        29,579
Contract-owned buses:                             25,000
Total school buses:                               54,579
Aprox. # of CDL
Licenced School bus drivers:                      55,000
 
Source:  http://www.stnonline.com/stn/statesprovinces/unitedstates/2_ny.htm

At the Road-eo . . . .

NYAPT Booth
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New York State fair in syracuse

NY State fair in Syracuse
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NY Lotto bus

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Bus Drivers In Long Island have to get to work somehow....Thanks Sara!

Visit Sara's site!

School bus pre-trip


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HORN MIRRORS REDS
STOPARM TIRES TRIANGLES
WIPERS YELLOWS


Not so fun stuff
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The Gilchrist Road Crossing in Congers, NY 5/26/02.

Accident model
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This model of the accident was in the railroad display at the NYS Fair.

At about 7:55 a.m., on Friday, March 24, 1972, an eastbound school bus was driven across a grade crossing on Gilchrist Road near Congers, N.Y., and was struck by the lead locomotive of a northbound Penn Central freight train. The train was traveling at an estimated speed of 25 m.p.h. Five male passengers of the school bus, ages 14 to 18, died, 44 students and the driver were injured.