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It is a federal law.

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Why do the school buses always painted yellow?

because they feel like it


Which is the best explanation of why school buses are painted yellow?

Visibility and distinction. It's a highly visible colour, and it's distinct in that it is the colour associated with school buses.


What colour is a bus in Canada?

I think school buses are yellow because not many cars are yellow so they will stand out more. School buses are painted chrome yellow for its high visibility Also because the federal safety people say it has to be. So technically yellow school buses are a federal law


Are school buses really yellow?

really school buses are orange and yellow


Is a bus yellow?

Not all buses are yellow but most school buses are yellow.


Why is it buses are painted with yellow and black or designed with the yellow and black paints?

to be sure that it is seen


Have school buses always been yellow My uncle says his was red and blue in 1940?

Yellow became the colour for school buses in 1939, so till then and for a while after 1939 it is conceivable that buses were a different colour than yellow.


Why the school buses are coloured yellow?

According to a New York Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/17/us/cooling-and-safety-trend-for-buses-white-tops.html), bus tops are painted white to help cool the interior temperature. "Painting the bus tops white dropped the interior temperature an average of 10 degrees during the summer, with as much as a 17-degree difference at peak hours. Wintertime temperatures were lower by only 3 to 4 degrees. The study also found that children behaved better on buses in cooler temperatures ..."


What is the punishment for not repainting a school bus that is converted to an RV?

What state are you referring to? What is meant by "not repainting?" As long as the name of the school or school district is painted out and the warning lights and clear flashing strobe light are not operational, there is no nationwide law that former school buses be re-painted from their normal yellow color.


What is the official name of the color of school buses?

Yellow.


What is the actual color of school buses?

Yellow with black.


Is a school bus really yellow?

School buses are painted in a variety of shades of yellow or orange. But the official color in the US is called National School Bus Glossy Yellow (CMY 1, 12, 100). It is a mixture of cadmium yellow and cadmium orange, and was renamed from National School Bus Chrome, a paint that contained chrome yellowpigment (lead II chromate).