School buses in Ontario
Hi Everyone,
We will be moving to London, Ontario in December, we have 2 children, 6 and 3. My daughter, who is 6, will be attending school starting in January. We will be renting a house to start and some say she will be bused to school. My main concern is safety, I'm just not comfortable sending her off on a bus. Just looking to be reassured that it is safe? Also, my son will be starting next September and he will only be 4, do parents actually put a 4 year old on a bus to school? Who takes them to class and such? Thanks in advance. Robyn |
Re: School buses in Ontario
Originally Posted by EngCan
(Post 12927783)
Hi Everyone,
We will be moving to London, Ontario in December, we have 2 children, 6 and 3. My daughter, who is 6, will be attending school starting in January. We will be renting a house to start and some say she will be bused to school. My main concern is safety, I'm just not comfortable sending her off on a bus. Just looking to be reassured that it is safe? Also, my son will be starting next September and he will only be 4, do parents actually put a 4 year old on a bus to school? Who takes them to class and such? Thanks in advance. Robyn |
Re: School buses in Ontario
Sending children to school on the bus is normal in Canada if you live far enough from the school to qualify )opens in new tab) http://www.mybigyellowbus.ca/uploads...ligibility.pdf
Elementary aged students that reside greater than 1.6 kms from the school site • Secondary aged students that reside greater than 3.2 kms from the school site Homepage | My Big Yellow Bus School bus safety Some information on JK students (opens in new tab) http://www.mybigyellowbus.ca/uploads...enstudents.pdf Good luck with the move - not long now! :) . |
Re: School buses in Ontario
Millions of Canadian children have used school buses all over Canada for many years. In rural areas that may mean journeys of an hour or more each way.
They're as safe as they possibly can be. The only time children are not on school buses seems to be if they live within a community with municipal transit, or outside a community and have less than a certain distance from the school ......... that seems to be around 3 km distant. Then they have to make their own way by walking/cycling, parent driving, or municipal transit. Here in Vancouver, the only school buses I see are either for disabled children or from one of the private schools bringing children from neighbouring cities into Vancouver (if there are enough families to make it worth while!). The public schools expect the pupils to make their own way, with parents responsible for kindergarten kids from age 4 to 6, when many of them have shorter days. |
Re: School buses in Ontario
I took the school bus when I was a kid, but I was 12 when I started, my main concern was because they're so young.
Thank you tho, you've all made me feel a bit better. |
Re: School buses in Ontario
Originally Posted by EngCan
(Post 12927829)
I took the school bus when I was a kid, but I was 12 when I started, my main concern was because they're so young.
Thank you tho, you've all made me feel a bit better. I have no experience of school bus services in Canada, but know people who drive them. :) |
Re: School buses in Ontario
Let's see. No seat belts, no headrests/neck brace things. I know of one company that doesn't teach the drivers how to reverse, they are just told not to get into a situation where they have to back up.
great fun. |
Re: School buses in Ontario
Originally Posted by EngCan
(Post 12927783)
Hi Everyone,
We will be moving to London, Ontario in December, we have 2 children, 6 and 3. My daughter, who is 6, will be attending school starting in January. We will be renting a house to start and some say she will be bused to school. My main concern is safety, I'm just not comfortable sending her off on a bus. Just looking to be reassured that it is safe? Also, my son will be starting next September and he will only be 4, do parents actually put a 4 year old on a bus to school? Who takes them to class and such? Thanks in advance. Robyn |
Re: School buses in Ontario
Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12927835)
Let's see. No seat belts, no headrests/neck brace things. I know of one company that doesn't teach the drivers how to reverse, they are just told not to get into a situation where they have to back up.
great fun. |
Re: School buses in Ontario
Originally Posted by EngCan
(Post 12927783)
My main concern is safety, I'm just not comfortable sending her off on a bus. Just looking to be reassured that it is safe? Not sure how the injury figure is collected. It might be that if your kid falls whilst getting off the bus it's put down as an injury..No idea! |
Re: School buses in Ontario
In addition to the assurances given above, I would point out that school busses in Canada and the US are a peculiar design compared to other busses - they travel slowly, are painted bright yellow, and sit remarkably high off the ground, so even if there is a genuine accident involving a school bus, most vehicles, including minivans and pickup trucks will hit the bus below the passenger compartment. The seats are themselves padded, front and back, and the gap between seats relatively small to form a "cell" in the event a bus is in a collision. So despite being slow, archaic and without seat belts, they are remarkably safe for the children traveling on them.
One or two US states started requiring that seatbelts be fitted on school busses, but the reports are that there has been no improvement in safety, as statistically school busses are already extremely safe. |
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In Britain of recent years,"The School Run" has become seen as normal. In many countries, including Canada, children are bused to school. Normal !
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Re: School buses in Ontario
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 12928169)
In addition to the assurances given above, I would point out that school busses in Canada and the US are a peculiar design compared to other busses - they travel slowly, are painted bright yellow, and sit remarkably high off the ground, so even if there is a genuine accident involving a school bus, most vehicles, including minivans and pickup trucks will hit the bus below the passenger compartment. The seats are themselves padded, front and back, and the gap between seats relatively small to form a "cell" in the event a bus is in a collision. So despite being slow, archaic and without seat belts, they are remarkably safe for the children traveling on them.
One or two US states started requiring that seatbelts be fitted on school busses, but the reports are that there has been no improvement in safety, as statistically school busses are already extremely safe. The old buses from Crown Super Coach had seats like this the seats in the buses were largely unchanged in my area until the early 1990's. ( I actually wouldn't be surprised if the buses I was riding in the 80's and early 90's were the same buses by parents were riding in the 60's lol) We always had fun on the school buses growing up for the most part. |
Re: School buses in Ontario
Originally Posted by scot47
(Post 12928171)
In Britain of recent years,"The School Run" has become seen as normal. In many countries, including Canada, children are bused to school. Normal !
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Re: School buses in Ontario
Depends on the area. There are toffs and non-toffs, but The School Run is common. At some primary schools in an affluent area you cannot get near the schools in a car !
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