Engineering Aspects to Increase Visibility

Some Communities have explored ways to change the school bus itself to make it more visible in the hope that this will get motorists to stop.

The Fayette County School Corporation in Connerville, Indiana, has begun installing flashing headlamps on their school buses. Head-on violations have decreased dramatically. (See the Fayette County School Corporation description in the third section.)

Pulaski County, Arkansas, has three of the largest school districts in the state. All of the new school buses that transport students to magnet schools have three stop-arms, two on the left and one on the right. Illegal passing appears to have been significantly reduced. (See the Pulaski County (Arkansas) description in the third section.)