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Other standards at Dr. Cyr's 1939 conference also applied to improving school bus safety. The most recognizable standard was the development of school bus yellow as a standardized school bus color; the attendees considered yellow the easiest to see in dawn and dusk, and it contrasted well with black lettering.Yellow is now the shade associated with school buses worldwide; officially it is known as National School Bus Glossy Yellow in the United States, and Chrome Yellow in some parts of Canada.
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Where are buses housed?
The school keeps their buses in a bus barn.
How do buses contribute to a computer's processing speed?
How do buses contribute to an computer
Is their buses on New Year's Day?
there were in my city
What fuel do buses use?
Diesel
Where can you find a fashion design school near Secunda?
Check your local listings, Yellow Pages or better yet yellowpages.com
Why are school buses painted yellow?
It is a federal law.
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 actual color of school buses?
Yellow with black.
What is the official name of the color of school buses?
Yellow.
