Thursday, April 29, 2010

School Bus Ads in OK??

As I have commented before, School Bus Ad's are becoming more and more a hot topic and many schools have varied opinions as to if this is really a good idea or not....just recently the bill passed the house in Oklahoma and now goes back to the Senate for approval...This bill has already been approved in many other states for the use of school districts to use bus advertising--These states include Colorado, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas. The idea behind the bill is to give the school districts a chance to generate extra money that would help offset cuts caused by budget downturn...

I believe it can help benefit some of the smaller school districts...but then again the smaller the school district the smaller the resource it is to find businesses to advertise....Also, do we really want all that distraction on the road??? Isn't and shouldn't our #1 goal be to make sure our students are safe??

I'm on the fence, I think there is a lot of things still left to consider for schools...like who sets up the cost of the ads??? Who will sell the ads?? Who will manage the funds?? Does the outcome really benefit the school?? Will it save jobs?? Pay for new buses?? Pay for paper??

Time will tell!! As schools implement and decide to do this we should be able to help other schools know the ups and down....

But for now here at National Bus Sales, we have a in house graphic designer who can design ads to help school districts with this process...

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Safety for School Buses...Industry New by National Bus Sales

I was recently driving my kids to school in Ok and in our neighborhood the school bus was stopped and a child was laying/sitting on the ground beside it….I waited several minutes because my son said that this child had some mental problems so I thought maybe he just didn’t want to get on the bus….No one came to his aid and I realize no-matter what the issue is/was I should of went to help ( I will not make that mistake again)….after several minutes I finally pulled around the bus so I could get my child to school on time…..After I returned that afternoon I was told that the child had been hit by that school bus….I have no idea how the driver could of hit that child and why was the driver or anyone else in the bus helping him….he suffered some internal injuries but is fine…that’s the good news….so this is an example of why safety on school buses is so important….children have been run over and even killed because drivers didn’t see kids….In LA, they require crossing gates that helps drivers see children at all times, this has proven to be very helpful and a small cost for school…

The newest craze and in some states legislation has passed to help enforce safety at the bus stop. Cameras are not only being installed inside the bus but on the outside as well. Buses are being installed with as many as eight cameras each.
Camera’s can also help in catching drivers that run stop signs which in turn is danger to our children. It seems odd but this happens a lot as these drivers are trying to stay on time.

I think that schools should be looking at the latest technology in safety ….for it is the safety of those children that should be their #1 goal at any cost….If God preserves his children shouldn’t we do everything humanly possible to do the same???
Psalm 97.10 “O you who love the lord, hate evil: He preserves the lives of his saints (the children of God).

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