Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. It is also true that children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to these students, to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Most take other modes of transportation, including walking, biking or riding in a car, going on public transportation. Children are often at greater risk outside the school bus than inside it. We have figure showing 264 students who died in School Transportation related accidents in the last 10 years. 97 were struck by a vehicle while walking near the bus. We are going to hear today from what congress can do to stop violations by drivers who illegally Pass School Buses loading or unloading pa
Tsb. Captioning performed byc captioning performed by vitac i do. I think thats a perfect example of one of the incentives that the federal government could use to provide increased Safety Measures for kids on school buses. Right. And back to ms. Poland. In your investigation of the oakland bus fire, you noted that the School Bus Engine designs often failed to mitigate the spread of gases into the passenger compartment. That can exacerbate a situation involving a fire, but can you speak to whether or not these fumes can regularly enter into the passenger compartment even in the absence of a fire . Our investigation, of course, focused on the postcrash fire this that event and when there was that significant fire in the engine compartment how the incomplete fire wall led to the fire being able to spread into the passenger compartment. Can you comment on the entrance of fumes into the bus cavity . The ntsb currently does not have a position on that aspect. Okay. Thank you. I yield back,
Local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. A look now at the federal role in improving School Bus Safety. The house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on highways and transit heard from brenda sue fulton, among others. Today is a timely hearing with children out of school. To be done toeds keep them safe. Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. Thatulton it is also true children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to the still dunes, to examine why these fatalities occur. Two these students, to examine why these totalitys occur, and what can be done why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Oft take other modes transport
Anybody anchorage anyone. As we take a look at the weather sent we have a wind advisry0oclock this is where our strongest wiusts are going to be early on. Gusts could go as high as 50 Miles Per Hour but even after this advisory expires, were still looking at wind gusts in the 30 to 40 Miles Per Hour range through the day, maybe even 45 at times. Satellite shows you how the cloud cover has moved off the coast along with the last round of precipitation so we are looking at plenty of sunshine early. But its not o help. Temperatures right now 21 degrees in philadelphia and wilmington. 21 in millville, 20 in trenton, 20 in allentown. Still just 19 in reading and lancaster. The big story is the wind chill. Winds have fallen back a little bit right now but we still got wind chills in the Single Digits in most neighborhood. Feels like 8 degrees in philadelphia and 4 degrees in reading, just three in lancaster and as we go through the morning be sure to bundle up especially on the bus stop this
Low temperatures and arctic air combined with gusty winds, really delivering quite a tight out there. 33 Miles Per Hour wind gusts in leesburg. 45 mile per hour wind gusts at joint base andrews. At the bust up this morning, cold, 20 to 25 degrees. Will get up to around freezing, 32, the temperature at 2 00. This will be one of those days were you just hurry from point a to point the. Windchill conditions today in the 20 bus. We are still tracking a small chance of us getting a few flurries and a little bit of snow from this weather system right here. I will show you where it moves in and when it could be impacting area roads when it comes up. Julie . Julie lanes are open but we are having some problems inside the beltway due to utility work on Dolly Madison boulevard , blocked off until further notice for ongoing utility work. For the beltway itself, all lanes are open at 270 with a 30 may commute from 239 to the split. Light traffic overall, college park headed towards 270 270. This m