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Having a white top (particularly those with a bus number written on it) enables police to spot the bus from the air, easily, in case of emergency. The white color also stays cooler by reflecting the sun's rays.
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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 ..."
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