School Busses facts
While investigating facts about School Busses, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The USA throws away the equivalent of 125 school busses full of plastic drinking straws on a daily basis.
There are 7 different types of federally allowed school busses in the US. The most common (with the engine in the front) is “Type C” and the kind where the driver sits over the engine is considered a “Type D.”
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 9 of the best facts about School Busses I managed to collect.
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Because of "compartmentalization", American school busses don't use seat belts because the large busses are just as safe without them
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Blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived on the planet! They can reach 100 feet in length and 150 tons in weight. Their length equals the length of two school busses and their weight equals the weight of 30 adult elephants.
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The "Deaf President Now" protests at Gallaudet University in DC, where Deaf students barricaded themselves inside the school using stolen busses, and burned effigies to protest the appointment of a non-deaf University President.
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8 school busses were stolen and crushed for scrap in chicago in 2013
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There is a chain system set up under school busses (and potentially other large vehicles) that you can switch on and off to obtain proper traffic in slippery conditions.
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Approximately 9.6% of Gabon's government budget goes to education covering Grade 1 to Grade 13. There is also a popular program offering free bussing of any students wearing a school uniform
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The heaviest blue whale ever recorded was 191 tons...equivalent to 38 school busses!
