Why School Buses Always Have White Roofs

Ever ridden on a school bus? The most prominent thing about them (at least in the U.S.) is that they’re yellow. But their roofs are usually a different color - white. So why is that? Let's figure out!
By the way, while the iconic yellow school buses are common around the world there are school buses that are anything but ordinary. And today, we will talk about them too! For example, almost 50% of the Netherlands’ population rides a bike every day to go to work. So the government came up with the idea of a bus for kids ages 4 to 12 that will carry them to school the same way. This bus can fit a driver, 8 students who must pedal, and 3 other students who can sit on a bench in the back.
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TIMESTAMPS:
Reason #1 0:18
Reason #2 1:15
Reason #3 1:30
Unusual school buses:
- Monster Truck 1:50
- Pikachu Bus 2:28
- Rickshaw Bus 3:06
- School Yellow Boat 3:36
- Topsy-turvy Bus 4:14
- Bicycle Bus 4:37
Other weird modes of public transport:
- The suspension monorail 5:24
- Moving footpath 5:46
- Maglev Train 6:19
- Toboggan 6:53
- Gotham Air 7:21
#buses #schoolbus #brightside
SUMMARY:
- The white roof of a bus makes the temperature inside drop an average of 10 degrees during warm seasons and only 3 to 4 degrees in wintertime.
- Besides, in the case of an emergency, a bus will be noticed faster by a rescue helicopter.
- Finally, not painting the roof the same yellow color as the rest of a bus is just cheaper, since the material most bus manufacturers use is already white.
- An Osaka kindergarten bus design was inspired by one of the most famous anime characters ever - Pikachu. Actually, using anime characters for modifying school buses is pretty common for Japan.
- Imagine a metal box secured to a bike and you’ll get an idea of what a rickshaw is. This mode of transportation is still used for school children in different parts of India.
- Topsy-turvy runs on vegetable oil, it tours the whole country to educate kids about eco-friendly alternatives and explain to them how important it is to look for renewable energy sources.
- The bike can go as fast as 10 miles per hour, and there’s also a motor installed that helps it get uphill, or when kids feel too tired to pedal.
- The suspension monorail is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars. It started operating in 1901.
- If you’re ever in Hong Kong, you’ll appreciate the world’s longest outdoor escalator that connects the city's central district with the higher-lying residential neighborhoods.
- Shanghai boasts one of the fastest trains in the world. The Maglev - short for “magnetic levitation” - runs at a speed of 267 miles per hour and covers 21 miles in only 8 minutes.
- A toboggan is a wicker basket attached to two wooden runners that glide on greased up rags. It’s one of Madeira, Portugal’s most famous attractions, and takes tourists for a 1-mile journey down a curvy road.
- In a hurry to get to JFK or Newark Airports from Manhattan island? Then take a helicopter ride! The helicopter service, Gotham Air, launched in 2015 and allows its clients to save tons of time.
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I graduated from high school in 1981, and we had the yellow roofs instead. Does anyone remember what exact year the white roofs were first installed?

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The white roof does not work. I’m on one everyday and when it’s hot outside it’s hotter on the bus

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I'm no longer in school but my school bus roof didn't used to be white .It was Yellow👀

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Mid to late 90's is when the paint scheme was introduced in my district (Lamar CISD Richmond, TX). When I started Kindergarten I recall the old school buses in my district were stick shifts.

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May be that is to hide it from direct view

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To keep busses cooler inside. 8 minutes of life saved.

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I sometimes see like white buses they look like a fusion between a van and bus

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They only started painting the roofs white in the mid 1990's. Before that, they were the same color as the rest of the bus!

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In Canada the school buses have yellow roofs the newer ones might have white roofs though and some of them have an emergency flashing light on the roof

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Watching this while sitting in a school bus I converted to an RV. My desk is mounted over top the steering wheel LOL. Yes I love the white roof, it gets hot when the sun is beating down. Mine has AC though.

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Who else sees these white painted roofs on buses a lot

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Me

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Me

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Unless you're on the second floor of a building, you can't see the roof of a bus.

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here in the UK, school busses are normal busses that have the a sticker on the front and/or back of the bus that let's people know that it's a school bus.

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Every school bus ive ever seen has a yellow roof though.

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To reflect more light and absorb fewer heat. To sum up; to keep it cool inside.

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In our school the top is yellow, but we have AC in it! Plus, we live in a small town so no one gets too warm

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I remember there in Philippines there are huge bus’s there like one bus on top without wheel and one bus at the ground there’s stairs to go to the second one

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I dont have that in my city :(

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3:19 I go to school in this type of bus & my bhayyaji( one who drives the bus) calls it dibba.

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At my school sometimes my buses have yellow hoods but I have a wight hood for my bus

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Anyone beside me think US buses are the same color as circus peanuts candy? Maybe the buses are somewhat darker.

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TL DW: Reflects light/heat so bus stays cooler in summer, also saving money on gas if it has AC. Can be identified by aerial assistance faster White paint is cheaper

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school busses roof have white because the roof of the school bus is white!!

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In Greece we don't have School Busses

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School buses are allowed to have yellow tops in Kentucky...

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School buses convey students of various ages and educational levels from one point to another.

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