Why School Buses Are Yellow
Consider the school bus. It could be painted literally any color: pink, bright green, orange, or even zebra-print. So, why pick yellow? Is it because it’s a cheerful hue that makes kids happy to go to school? See the kid’s faces? The main reason for picking yellow paint for school buses is… safety!
If you look at the color closely, you’ll notice that instead of being pure yellow, it’s a totally different shade! It’s a curious mixture of lemon-yellow and orange. But what about the scientifically proved fact that red is the one with the maximum wavelength? It doesn’t get scattered easily, and that’s why you can clearly see it from afar! On top of that, most people associate this color with caution. So, why not paint school buses red?
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Why are they not red? 1:19
But it wasn’t always like this! 2:29
National School Bus Chrome 3:04
Why aren’t school buses equipped with seat belts? 3:48
Chains under school buses 6:16
Why some of the buses have black hoods 7:19
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SUMMARY:
– Despite all the scientific stuff, it’s not red, but yellow, which is the color that instantly grabs your attention in daily life.
– Depending on the season, it’s often still dark outside at this time. That’s why it makes sense to use yellow paint, which will make buses more noticeable on the road.
– Scientists state that you’re 1.24 times more likely to spot a yellow object with your peripheral vision than the same object painted red!
– But it wasn’t always like this! The “National School Bus Glossy Yellow” color didn’t appear until 1939; before that, school buses were painted all kinds of colors.
– Seat belts simply won’t make school buses safer! The thing is that traveling on a school bus is a 40 times safer than going somewhere by car.
– The seats on a school bus are situated close to each other, and they have high padded backs. As a result, if an accident does happen, and a student gets propelled forward, they’ll only move a short distance.
– Adding seat belts would increase the cost of each bus by $8,000 to $15,000! Plus, buses would have fewer seats because seat belts would take additional space.
– If a school bus weighs more than 10,000 pounds, it’s up to the states to decide whether the vehicles need to be equipped with seat belts or not.
– The chains help school buses get traction on icy roads. If the driver realizes that they can’t cope without some additional help, they can just press a button on the dashboard.
– When the sun is too bright, the glossy, bright yellow paint covering the hood of the bus starts to give off too much glare. As a result, it makes it hard for the driver to see their surroundings, and distracts them from the situation on the road.
– And while some states make school bus manufacturers equip vehicles with black hoods, others forbid it. In this case, they get covered with an anti-glare substance.
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School bus yellow is a color that was specifically formulated for use on school buses in North America in 1939. Originally named National School Bus Chrome, the color is now officially known in Canada and the U.S. as National School Bus Glossy Yellow.
Blue it is my favorite color
In Australia my school buses are white😀
Did none of you learn your colors in preschool? School buses are orange….. they are not, and never have been, yellow. Yellow with a reddish tint is called orange…… do you call lime green yellow just because it has yellow in it? No! So why do people call orange yellow? I feel like everyone is colorblind lol.
Blue
Rainbow
green
I want to see his face
5:10 money. m o n e y why?
Some districts use white buses.
SCHOOL BUS NO
Why buses are not electric vehicle?
Hey guys! What school buses look like in your country? 🚍
White
Actually white is the bets
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My is blue
If it wasn’t for safety reasons I would paint it lylac
Perfumm
3:34 I would paint it green
I remember my Spanish teacher in high school called it the cheese because it’s yellow and one of my friends said that the teacher probably imagines a giant block of velveeta on wheels driving down the road 😂
In my country school buses are yellow but the school bus I go on to school is a white minivan
Glossy yellow
Not in Illinois
Yellow
Pink it is a pretty color and it is still bright
Some school bus have a flat front
Green or gray school bisunti i wold have them
Why is your logo always yellow? 🤣
fun fact school bus designs are changing every few years because of you guest it safety.
I choose colour orange because it is my fav colour
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Red is be careful like traffic light. how many accident you see yellow school bus in a year?
I would paint a school bus blue because it be for boys
red because it is my favourite colour
Thank you
I heard that the black & yellow is Masonic.
In kuwait the colour of a school bus is white and blue
PINK!!! Because it’s fun!
I just call them cheese wagons
Where I live we see green school buses
Pink because it’s my favorite color
At my school there are yellow buses but one bus is blue
My Abu Dhabi school buses has setbelt
I would paint it green. Why. Beacause Green Light green is kinda like yellow
How can you tell if a school bus is 40 times safe?I don’t believe that at all.
Here in Australia they are orange with dark green lines. They stand out of the ordinary
white and yellow
In England there white
4:45 Our C2 buses have smaller padding on the leather seats than a blanket, Yet we do not have seatbelts.