Blue Bird Corporation is the leading independent designer and manufacturer of school buses, with more than 550,000 buses sold since its formation in 1927 and approximately 180,000 buses in operation today. Blue Bird’s longevity and reputation in the school bus industry have made it an iconic American brand. Blue Bird distinguishes itself from its principal competitors by its singular focus on the design, engineering, manufacture and sale of school buses and related parts. As the only manufacturer of chassis and body production specifically designed for school bus applications, Blue Bird is recognized as an industry leader for school bus innovation, safety, product quality/reliability/durability, operating costs and drivability. In addition, Blue Bird is the market leader in alternative fuel applications with its propane-powered, electric and compressed natural gas-powered school buses.
This is not true. Propane has a definite lack of power over diesel. Also ford is a horrible platform bus with 11000 miles loses a transmission, 2nd bus with 20000 transmission starting to slip. Fuel pumps a nightmare to change. I think I have bought my last propane bus. I have 6. Only benefit I've seen is oil changes are cheap.
I live in South Korea. Oil doesn't come out in South Korea. That's why we use different types of fuels. In South Korea, we have LNG, CNG, LPG, hydrogen, electric buses. I've been using LNG buses since 1998. Taxi in South Korea are LPG and electric. LPG taxis have been in service since 1988. You don't have to worry about durability and safety.
Worked at Blue Bird distributor/school bus operator for a decade in the '80s. Picked up All Americans, conventional, short buses from the plant in Fort Valley. Drove a route, repaired mechanical and body. There were very few decent bus mechanics even then. All American power trains were very difficult to work on! Ford 534CI barely fit in engine compartment. Cummins 3208 ditto. I'm retired and own two EVs. They're simple to understand and repair. They self diagnose internal problems. Have thousands fewer parts to go bad. Smoother, faster from a dead stop. Quiet and more road hugging.
Welcome to the education system, kids! Hopefully nation wide, seatbelts are an enforced rule with severe penalties if they ain't followed. If thsts already s thing, im rooting for it!
This is because of future safety and bluebird corporation partnered with IMMI for safety as a result IMMI had a steering wheel airbag with a bluebird emblem on it basically will be used on t3fes t3fes and visions as standard equipment in 2025
Great! But there needs to be some kind of sensor on each one so the driver knows if they are not being worn. The district I drive for has some buses that have seat belts- nobody uses them. The kids trip over them and hit each other with them. There is absolutely no way for the driver to know if they are actually being used or not. But.. whatever the sensor is or whatever would have to actually prevent the bus from being moved if the seatbelts were not buckled. The company I drive for does not stand behind the drivers. The drivers are not allowed to do anything at all other than drive the bus. I moved a student's seat this year and I (the bus driver) got in trouble for this. I don't know how this would work though, because the kids could just buckle them and not actually wear them or something.. I dunno.
I really hope that this safety feature helps my 2018-2024 Bluebird buses that's in my school district especially with older buses from 2002 2008 - 2015 models too and also thank u y'all!
@@Priuscarisamazinf not really you just have to install the new seats with those belts. they seem to not have pretensioners meaning no wires to or for anything
I drive a 2024 Bluebird propane. I do really like this bus a lot, but I wish you would spend more time in quality control first. There have been a lot of things for warranty. Seatbelts would be nice to keep the children in their seats, BUT.... In case of an accident or fire with all of my littles panicking, how in the world am I gonna get them all out of their seatbelts in split seconds?! I am just one person. And what if I'm unconscious.....
Adults don't need to do everything for kids. The bigger kids can be taught how to help the younger ones. I always liked fire drill training when I was a kid, make the bus drill part of fire drill training day
This is my biggest concern and in reality when you have a boss full of younger kids even the older of the young kids sometimes panic and be too busy worrying about getting themselves off I have students that will literally get off the bus at their stop and leave their siblings on the bus sleeping without a thought or care in the world so I can’t even imagine if a fire breaks out what would happen
