Why Are School Bus In Yellow Colars.

                             Why Are School Bus In Yellow Colars.

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why are School bus yellow colars:-

              Colours play a major role in day to day life. The wavelength and frequency of colour define its characteristics and its use in the human life. For instance,  why red is 

used for danger or stop signal in the traffic light, why the sky looks blue and why school buses are painted yellow

Why are school buses painted yellow only?

               The reason why yellow is used to paint the school buses is already hinted in the above paragraph but we will still decode it down in case you missed it.

BUT WHY YELLOW COLOUR ON THE SCHOOL BUS?

               Although red colour catches the most attention, it has already been attributed to danger so the next most attentive colour - which can be distinguished in the crowd - yellow - is painted on the school bus. Yellow colour can also be spotted even in the rain, fog and dew.Since the lateral perip- heral vision of yellow is 1.24 times greater than the red colour, it is more visible than the red itself.

Even if a person is not looking straight, he can spot the yellow coloured school bus in front of him. That's why the school bus is painted yellow to lessen the possibility of an accident for the bus filled with children on the highway.

            School bus yellow is a color that was specifically formulated for use on school buses in North America in 1939. The color is now officially known in Canada and the U.S. as National School Bus Glossy Yellow and was originally called National School Bus Chrome.

            The color was chosen because it attracts attention and is noticed quickly in peripheral vision, faster than any other color. Scientists describe this as follows: "Lateral peripheral vision for detecting yellows is 1.24 times greater than for red.

            In April 1939, Dr. Frank W. Cyr, a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York organized a conference that established national school-bus construction standards for the U.S., including the standard color of yellow for the school bus. It became known officially as "National School Bus Chrome". The color was selected because black lettering on that hue was easiest to see in the semi-darkness of early morning.

           A school bus is a type of bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district and regularly used to transport students to and from school or school-related activities, but not including a charter bus or transit bus.^[1] Around the world, various configurations of buses are used; the most iconic examples are the yellow school buses seen in the United States and Canada.

DIRECTIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FOR SCHOOL BUS:

                According to Track School Bus, following are the directions provided by the Supreme Court for the operation of a school bus:

1.      "School Bus" must be written on the back and front of the Bus.

2.      If it is a hired bus, "On School Duty" should be clearly indicated

3.      Buses must have a First-Aid-Box.

4.      The windows of Bus must be fitted with horizontal grills.

5.      There must be a Fire Extinguisher in the Bus.

6.      School Name and Telephone No. must be written on the Bus.

7.      The doors of the Bus should be fitted with reliable locks.

8.      To keep School Bags safely, there should be a space-fitted under the seats.

9.      There must be an Attendant from the School in the Bus. School cabs should be fitted with speed governors with the maximum speed limit of 40 kph.

10.  The body of school cab shall be highway yellow colour with a horizontal strip in green colour of 150 mm width in the middle all around the vehicle and the words 'SCHOOL CAB' must be prominently displayed on all four sides of the vehicle.

11.  If the age of school children is below 12 years, the number of children carried shall not exceed 1½ times the permitted seating capacity. Children above 12 years shall be treated as one person.

12.  The driver of a school cab must have valid license to drive LMV-Transport Vehicles for a period of at least four years and compulsorily wear a light blue shirt, light blue trousers and black shoes. His name ID is displayed on the shirt.

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