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Illegally passing a school bus is one of the most dangerous maneuvers drivers can make in Virginia. It also carries a heavy fine. In Virginia Beach, school authorities are countering the problem by fitting video cameras ...

When nights and mornings get darker, children face more hazards going to school and coming home in Virginia. Students face more dangers at the school bus stop than on the bus itself. Parents can take steps to keep their ...

Any time I read about an accident involving commercial vehicles, I cringe because the potential for serious trauma and injuries is heightened. Mass transit is supposed to be an option that affords citizens a safe, reliab...

As a parent of young children, I am always concerned to read about school bus stop accidents. The zone around a school bus when it stops to pick up children should be a safe place. Drivers must stop behind and in front o...

Accidents involving school buses occur all too commonly in Norfolk and other Hampton Roads cities. On Friday, a Norfolk school bus crash injured four students resulting in charges against the driver. Media reports said f...

Drugged driving and texting appear to have been factors leading up to a terrible bus wreck last week that claimed the lives of 13 people in Texas. The accident near San Antonio occurred when a white pickup crashed into a...

School buses are making headlines for all the wrong reasons again today in Hampton Roads after a child was hit by a school bus in Portsmouth. Separately, in Suffolk, more than 100 bus routes for students were canceled du...

Concerns about the safety of Hampton Roads Transit buses and their reliability are aired in a recent article in the Virginian-Pilot. In an editorial, the Pilot refers to cost overruns at Hampton Roads Transit that were d...

Tour buses have crashed with an alarming regularity on the highways of the United States, causing considerable loss of life. Although the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced some high-profil...

Our hearts go out to the families of the children who lost their lives in a school bus crash in Tennessee on the eve of Thanksgiving. The bus with 35 children on board crashed into a tree in Chattanooga on Monday. Six pe...