Why Buses Open Doors on Railroad Tracks

[@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Hey guys! Are you still in school? How old are you, btw? 🙂

[@cookie._.kayden3789]

Im 11 in 6th grade.

[@imi_hamad]

19

[@cadet1910]

im 15 in 10th grade

[@walterbrooklyntguy1063]

I'm 16 yrs old and in 10th grade

[@SalaciousCrmb]

I’m 18 and in 8th grade

[@brandonm2247]

The answer is so the bus driver can hear if a train is coming. Just saved y'all 8+ minutes

[@Bax365]

Madlad

[@IXISAVAGEIXI]

Lol, no you dident kid

[@imstartinganewchannelitwil6450]

I still wanna watch the video..

[@brandicurren7711]

Danny Hall thanks bro

[@CountryballsOfZambiaZambia]

wuh wah weh what pah ?

[@22alfatih]

the video title made me think that the bus opening the door exactly over the railroad track.

[@ahmadalqudah3707]

Me too

[@minajbrazy8010]

right

[@katalinapaniagua2145]

Me too

[@SansDiamond]

I Thought They Open It Then Cross.

[@OrDinarMan]

And because that was shown in the thumbnail

[@schr4pnel]

I swear, none of yall have ever ridden a bus. The driver tells you to be quiet, you wonder why? Because they're listening. edit gEES i didnt want to anger you people!

[@ploxiaz7634]

She doesn't tell me to be quiet-

[@tyudeongis]

Ploxiaz oh mine always does she’s extremely strict and practically none of the kids like her that much.

[@ploxiaz7634]

@@tyudeongis im in school 🤧

[@amandataylorversion1989]

Bluem Gacha and Gaming did she ever move you to the front seats? In 4th grade my bus driver said I was being loud so I was moved to the front seat and then this patrol told me and I had to sit in the front seats for weeks

[@crosby4459]

I never followed a bus drivers rules. Their job was to drive me to and from school, not be my parent. They're just upset cuz they could have been anywhere in life but there they are driving buses.

[@Unknown-xb3jy]

Every school bus I been on hasn’t opened the doors on any railroad tracks.

[@AmberAmbwee]

EpicGamer _Pickle Same. I rode the bus home and went over tracks daily.

[@liber2350]

Same

[@postonspaddy9963]

Mine did

[@trappedinsideafigure8]

It depends on the district. You have to do it for your cdl driving test but our district doesn't open the door.

[@ashtonyoung2828]

My bus driver it depended some days she would open the door if it was dark out and some days she wouldn’t

[@cathialford9604]

I rode that bus for 12 long years. My ride was an hour each way. Thankful for safe bus drivers.

[@cashordeals3672]

That always scared me as a kid because i thought the bus driver just got mad and was like you know what get off and get hit by a train 😅

[@kevinrichards3288]

Lol

[@princessshaman]

More specifically, the 1938 incident in Salt Lake City, Utah is the reason the laws changed after a school bus stopped at a railway crossing in a blizzard, couldn't see the train coming due to terrible visibility.

[@darrellcole6311]

When I went to school in 1940' 50's only country kids rode the school bus. If you lived within the city limits , you walked to school. Rain or shine, snow or ice, didn't matter. We did NOT have "snow days", either. If the school buses weren't able to pick up the country kids, then when they did, the kids had to make up any lessons missed. I remember only one day that classes were cancelled. i was a sophomore in h s. A very strong straight line winds blew out the windows on the south side of the school. The next day we went to school with boarded up windows. It was dark in the spanish class I had then. We never thought it was cruel to have to walk to school in INCHES of snow. Most if not all thought it was a privilege to go to school.

[@seanthe100]

This was before the suburbanization of the US took off though

[@c2wasfound]

Well isn't that something, I missed my bus today for school

[@funnyminerr]

I ride the bus and it’s really fun because I can talk to my friends while we’re going to school

[@ssnadera6498]

So what happened to traffic lights going red if a train is coming?why is the onus on the bus driver to check?and why is it only bus drivers, why not cars? I dont get it

[@user-tk1lf5hi6f]

All great questions that are never adequately explained.

[@vr4787]

My pop was a school bus driver and a fleet manager, you never appreciate just how much work goes into driving and maintaining a school bus with all that ware and tare.

[@anabelletalstein2479]

My old buss driver was the best, he was my first and last bust driver for school. After second grade I began homeschooling I miss my bus driver he did so much for the school and was never late even in the worst of winter storms.

[@gitarzzan1]

I work at an international/IC bus dealership..... in my 15 years, I’ve never seen a School bus with no power steering.

[@unconventionalideas5683]

It used to be quite common back in the day, but it is not so common now.

[@SuccessWaiting]

If you stay positive In a negative situation You win..........

[@clonixs9338]

how

[@schr4pnel]

Not all the time.

[@Lucky-cr4pm]

good luck with that

[@aneskocrown2846]

Did anyone noticed that "STUDYING" is like a mixture of STUDY and DYING?

[@fumekoo]

And hows that related to the video

[@triplowski.1036]

holy sh-

[@godofthunder6561]

@@fumekoo Yeah, good point. 😂👍

[@dapperfield595]

So are you saying that LIVING is like a mixture of LIVE AND DYING?

[@dapperfield595]

Did you also notice that DYING is the mixture of DIE and DYING

[@VictorAFurr]

Here in Illinois, school buses aren’t required to have seatbelts but a bus company that has small buses called Septran are required to have seatbelts on every bus even though they do take up a lot of time when trying to evacuate a school bus

[@CobaltLancer]

7:50 I was once so late with a schoolbus that I and everyone else in it missed the first lessons, break and even lessons after that and arrived at lunchtime 😂

[@zzangdv]

@KoreoBace , didn't your teacher shout at u ??.. If we r late , they will write a diary remark, and if we got more than 5 remarks, we will get warning letter and if we get more than 3 warning letter , we will get suspension. Even if we get into the bus early and the bus driver drives slowly and reach the school ,there will be no complaints on driver, only us ( cruel). They will not kind of take care of us because we r private bus. School bus cause the double money of private bus . And soooo sorry for explaining everything. T_T.

[@RF.Gaming]

@@zzangdv Getting suspended for being late makes zero sense. If they miss a little bit of school accidentally then they will be forced to miss multiple days of school?

[@Linda-fr9mo]

I don’t take a bus. My mom or dad doesn’t take me to school. I have working legs, I use them. Great video!

[@godofthunder6561]

🤘

[@godofthunder6561]

Which is your school, and what ia your class

[@Linda-fr9mo]

@@godofthunder6561 Peipon Koulu,Finland. Class 6a

[@Linda-fr9mo]

Mikê'e Stark it’s not bad. Because I’m 12 and that means that I’m in 6th grade. Referred to Finnish systems

[@Linda-fr9mo]

Mikê'e Stark and nope, there’s no low or high classes.

[@cryo_life]

Answer to the video: So that they could hear if a train horn is nearby/coming.

[@contentdeleted8570]

King Super Saiyan thanks bro

[@AuthorSharuru]

This needs to be pinned

[@reggiepowell5946]

I rode a bus, and during high school, I drove a bus. The best of both worlds.

[@carterkillorn7328]

This video is kind of bad the doors aren’t even on the right side😂

[@Veodir]

Other countries do in fact exist

[@trappedinsideafigure8]

U.S. door on the right.

[@brandontrevino535]

Carter Killorn my school bus have the door on the right

[@anthonythorp7291]

And it's in the middle of the road.

[@scottarivett496]

The overhead flashing red lights on school buses work off of a button that the door lever rests against. When the lever is released (to open the door) the lights are engaged and flash. This may vary from state to state but in most I’m certain it is required to have the lights going at any stop the bus makes

[@SuccessWaiting]

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[@stesfai]

That made me 🤗

[@SuccessWaiting]

ज़िन्दगी को आसान नही बस खुद को मज़बूत बनाना है सही समय कभी नही आता बस समय को सही बनाना पड़ता है।।

[@chrism3784]

everything I ever wanted to know about school buses, and then some, and then some more

[@fathergabrielstokes4706]

Yes

[@deadmanwalkin_0422]

Imagine that they left the door shut and the bus driver yelled "Want to see your great grand parents kids?"

[@pign919]

They open the door cause it’s law, they need to listen for a train so if there is one coming, they can back off.

[@dixiechick2500]

I rode the bus and in my opinion I had the best bus driver in the world "Mary Harris", I still love her to pieces and hug her neck every time I see her. I've been out of school for 25 years.

[@Awesome-Jade]

Is this an American thing, because that sure doesn’t happens in Australia...

[@rhythmic6753]

AwesomeJade2007 no it’s not American either?

[@Awesome-Jade]

I’m confused then... where is it... WHICH COUNTRY DOES THIS?!

[@jenniferwilson1225]

AwesomeJade2007 UsA

[@misterioso2735]

There are two possible answers. #1 the bus driver can't stand listening to all the students talking or screaming at the same time, and wants to get out of the bus and run away. #2 the bus driver is a nice person, and wants the train to get inside the bus

[@user-tk1lf5hi6f]

for #2, the bus driver should wait on the tracks with the door open and yell "all aboard" while the train approaches.

[@kreonomy]

Probably because if there’s a train accident, passengers can escape.

[@penguinm16a14]

nope

[@ethxn2159]

Or so he can see down the tracks

[@Elizabeth142418]

Real Answer: So that a bus driver Can listen if a train is coming

[@isaiahsantos9317]

AliceArtAnimal Man if a train hits the bus, I doubt anyone will be able to escape.

[@amedsam1741]

Nah soy can welcome the train in your bus

[@chrisbrown1241]

Yes I did ride a school bus. When I was in the 7th and 11th grades. From south-central L.A. I went to Parkman Jr High in Woodland Hills and Birmingham HS in Van Nuys. It was the best experience in my life!

[@marknc9616]

Prior to school buses there were many one room schools. School buses could pick up children from far away, allowing the schools to consolidate their students into larger buildings.

[@pewdiepieli8476]

I know why, so when the train hits the bus, the kids will be like a confetti popper and go EVERYWHERE

[@amandataylorversion1989]

Why is this always about school buses

[@chicagopd9580]

Not true

[@amandataylorversion1989]

@Sai Ritvik 4H i noticed that now haha

[@unmeshpatel3560]

Hi Bright Side! I am from Mumbai, India. My school was not too far from my house. So my mom usually took me to school. Now I am in college, and I remembered those my school days... Now I have to travel daily by train to reach my college. But that's the fun too.... 💞💞💞❤❤😘😘😘😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@vermoshrank7181]

Short answer: so the driver can hear and see the train ok thanks bye

[@Heynmffc]

Boombox111 thank you.

[@youplayfootballright7550]

Boombox111 Then why don’t cars have to stop and open their doors? They’re just as likely to get hit.

[@vermoshrank7181]

youplayfootballright ask them not me

[@Mike-wt7jq]

School Bus Yellow is the beautiful color of BACK TO SCHOOL. Summer vacation is over!!!

[@SuccessWaiting]

Don't talk : just act Don't say: just show Don't promise: just prove

[@konstak05]

@@AnimationCow XDDDDD

[@getpaid2472]

Crackhead

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

In the UK we have loud sirens at crossings with indicator lights The top 2 red mean "train passing" All mean "train passed" Orange mean "train is approaching"

[@ploxiaz7634]

I was just like why does my busdriver stop at the railroad? Then *notification pops up* *Place WOW meme here*

[@notrxhul9673]

Ploxiaz Same

[@Aleksander0183]

That's incredible dangerous if a train arrives... I don't wanna know...

[@kennyr1907]

We lived so many different places growing up and every place was picked with being able to walk to school in mind. Looking back, such a great idea exspecially because when school was out and on weekends we could use the school playground.

[@clumsy_archives]

School bus doors are on the right not the left.

[@RoyalCaymanian]

Nugget Ours have theirs on the left

[@alexfarquharson4818]

There are buses with doors on both sides....

[@MattiAntsuK]

Guys, I think he just wanted the animations to make sence...

[@djincomusic8442]

Depends on which country you are in, but sometimes they will be on both sides

[@carlitogarcia-lavin8494]

It makes it more dangerous in my opinion because they must come to a complete stop and the start again. They could get stuck on the tracks at that point. Without stopping it may have the proper momentum to cross the tracks. Especially in snow or ice conditions

[@coe8159]

Who else is annoyed by this guys bad sense of humor that he thinks is good?

[@BobOnzi]

Look at your profile pic and read your comment, lol

[@KronoriumKid2210]

@@BobOnzi i dont get it

[@itisella1320]

@@KronoriumKid2210 SANS UNDERTALE XDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@BobOnzi]

@@KronoriumKid2210 it won't be funny if I tell you but, if you don't know who Sans is then the joke wasn't for you.

[@KronoriumKid2210]

@@BobOnzi i know who sans is hes that undertale skeleton guy with that meme song thing

[@millissasharp1503]

Service door is on the right, not the left. And it's officially National School Bus Yellow.

[@AV7DANGER]

So that who ever wants can get down

[@edmain1137]

As a commercial driver, both Haz Mat trucker and bus driver. I agree we stop look and listen, as our flashers are on. But opening doors or windows are optional.

[@iMike91]

Educative❤️

[@victorryan4870]

You answered the question in the first two minutes. I’m scared to see what the other 8 minutes of the video are

[@Bruno-gr4bn]

Why?

[@yeabsira1523]

you will have the best luck in 2020❤ thx have a good day❤

[@maryrosekent8223]

I walked to all of schools I went to, except the first few weeks of second grade, because our new school hadn’t been finished in time to start there. I graduated from high school in 1974, and went to work soon after that.

[@namdeopatil328]

Why Bright Side is talking about bus these days. I think He is missing his school days. Anyone having any other ideas?????

[@bananabones4481]

He might ran out of ideas so he just talks about random thing!

[@CalebTheFew06]

NAMDEO PATIL well, I’m a bus enthusiast, so I got 0 problems

[@djincomusic8442]

Yeah, for him to get a life. Legit, EVERY one of his video is fake. Don't believe me? Just tell me about any bright side video and I'll explain on how it's fake!

[@namdeopatil328]

@@djincomusic8442 Your name is also fake. You are not the true Harry Potter. Am I right?

[@djincomusic8442]

@@namdeopatil328 Actaully that's my real name, and ironically, I don't read harry potter

[@benjamindickey4511]

School buses are usually governed to 65-70mph, on newer buses this is usually achieved by limiting the transmission, if you buy a bus you can disable this

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

The reason was because a school bus in Congers, NY a school bus driver heard a train horn, and started driving faster towards the railroad crossing, to beat a Penn Central fast freight. The bus lost. This incident led to the law of buses stopping at crossings.

[@pickled51]

I often wonder why when a school bus is crossing a railroad where there are gates and signals to prevent vehicles from crossing when a train comes thorough, why a school bus still has to stop. This action causes slowdowns to traffic, especially in congested areas. I am sure this just dates back to the days when few railroad crossings had these safety devices. The laws should be changed so school buses only stop at train crossings with no gates or signals. Also, when I went to school in the late 1950's and the 1960's, most kids either walked to school or took a school bus. Very few parents ever took or picked up their children from school. Parents being chauffeurs for their children seems to not have appeared until the late 1980's and the 1990's. Why this trend took place still baffles me.

[@user-tk1lf5hi6f]

In Austin, these busses cause so much congestion which reduces the overall safety of the road. Railroad crossings are expensive - why can't they be trusted?

[@dylanjohncahill1999]

They don’t open there doors in Australia.

[@SansDiamond]

Then How Can You Get In And Out?

[@crownjulesgaming542]

@@SansDiamond he means they dont open it on the level crossing

[@dylanjohncahill1999]

Sans Diamond through the roof

[@dylanjohncahill1999]

Jokes, what Julie said.

[@Trippywolf222]

They don’t either in Florida

[@ehik8142]

I appreciate the fact that you choose a thai locomotive for the thumbnail

[@daleholbert3111]

You doing a lot of things on buses just lately

[@WRL13]

I would mostly ride the bus, but I occassionally would get rides (especially when it was time to do the school play), and in later years, I would drive myself. I have several funny bus stories. one time, we had a half day, and on the ride home, we crossed a railroad track. the driver stopped, as she's supposed to, but when we crossed the track, I looked out the window, and through the fog, I made out 3 lights in the distance. I laughed, because I realized that we came close to getting t-boned, and the driver didn't notice out of a simple fluke.

[@anonymousfriend6797]

The video was uploaded one minute ago and 53 comments

[@icesamurai9024]

I don’t think a bus rocking back and forth with children looking out the window is safe either

[@jkgrussendorf]

My parents are bringing me to school today

[@sintiarobles3730]

I rode the school bus back in 1991, now I drive one😉 Unfortunately, around 1994, all public schools stopped transporting regular education students. Now, we only transport special education students.

[@trolldame]

I'm watching this while on the bus.

[@bensimmonsforr3]

Cool

[@animeFanx10]

Love the animated characters! overall great animated and educational video.

[@saintgospelrap3386]

They really should've jus called this video "facts about buses"

[@mariebrown8756]

When trains comes across the crossings in Canada they are not required to sound the horn every single crossing

[@arpeetpaul6673]

Who wants to bring bright side's facts series back like ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[@Waylon_Jenn]

Fact Bhai bhau kam kar

[@lisapepable]

Can you do a video about light sleepers? 🙏🏽

[@tes_tetris]

It's to listen for trains ik I was in training

[@askhowiknow5527]

There are some third world countries like Austin, TX where they don’t have to do honk the horn in certain areas - even though the railroad was there first

[@eileentoo3791]

Why this channel even exist they are making obvious answers

[@djincomusic8442]

No, they make the ones

[@Shelenamarissamooney]

We don't have rail road tracks were I live and our bus only has one door.

[@bw._5002]

Neither I walk a mile to school there is no busses in england,

[@rhythmic6753]

Benjy 512 a mile isn’t to bad

[@bw._5002]

Rhythmic 675 I know it isn’t

[@jessicaburdell7779]

Funny thing was when once in my hometown they still did it on a line that CSX had long abandoned and taken up mostly all of the rails for at the crossings, ever since 2015

[@fathergabrielstokes4706]

I thought it was to let the smell out from the homeless man sitting in the back.

[@1254kristin5]

This is literally a waste of time they open the door to hear if there is a train

[@malerd-h8f]

I've got a question Is the battle bus real?

[@Moon_Shine_Wolf]

Bruh it needs to be tho I'd ride it

[@AnimationCow]

@@Moon_Shine_Wolf That's the last sentence your dad heard from your mom

[@anti-jhoncoalition5420]

@@Moon_Shine_Wolf Someone made it and gave it to ninja

[@Moon_Shine_Wolf]

@@AnimationCow .....

[@Moon_Shine_Wolf]

@@anti-jhoncoalition5420 no one likes ninja

[@Real_Bradley]

Fun Fact: Most bus drivers don't honk at you to get on the bus, they just drive past if you aren't there.

[@potatoguy3055]

Have u noticed that there a KZbin channel name "sisi terang" that its really same like ur channel even their photo and video really same like ur. I don't know if they do content stealing I don't know. Check it out

[@ahmadmuhdi190]

Nahh it may be their branch for Indonesian audience

[@AmberAmbwee]

My bus from 2006-2009 never stopped. We went over a train track daily.

[@nicklayzell6272]

I 'm 12 years old still in secondary school and year 8

[@tobeytransport2802]

In the UK school busses are just normal busses run by the bus companies

[@BonjourWorld]

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round all through the town

[@1stPCFerret]

Back in the 1950's and '60's I walked to elementary school (K-6). We lived at one end of a block, and the school was at the other end of the block. For high school (7-12) my father (our high school principal) drove me to school, and I took the bus home.

[@storytellingwithchloejones654]

My bus doesn’t have to cross over railroad crossings

[@mcglottenfirst4402]

Chloe Lynn Jones mine too

[@amandataylorversion1989]

Mine does cause we have to cross the railroad on the way to and from school.

[@albruinsfilms6545]

I took my friends bus home once and his bus just goes right over the railroad tracks without opening the doors.

[@leopardheck7302]

my school bus driver literally stops on the railroad track and opens its door before driving again

[@jenniferwilson1225]

Leopard Heck mine too this person. Doesn’t know what they are taking about

[@hankbridges5055]

Leopard Heck They should stop BEFORE the track, not ON the track!

[@soyswift1153]

to save your guys time they open the door to see if they can hear the train in case the lights aren’t wokring

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

This is the real reason bus drivers are required to stop and listen On Dec. 1, 1938, a school bus was heading to Jordan High School through a dense winter storm as a loaded Denver and Rio Grande freight train rolled north toward Salt Lake City, Near the railroad crossing at 10200 South and 400 West, the driver stopped the bus. He opened the door to look beyond the thick fog, but did not see the 80-plus car "Flying Ute" train approaching at over 50 miles per hour. At 8:43 a.m., the bus pulled slowly forward across the tracks. Upon seeing the bus, the train crew immediately applied the brakes, but the collision was inevitable. The collision claimed the lives of 23 children and the bus driver. The 15 survivors faced a lifetime of serious physical injuries and emotional scars. In the wake of the horrific crash, came railroad crossing laws, mechanical crossing arms and national regulations that are still in place today - including the mandatory requirement for bus drivers to not only stop at railroad crossings, but also to open their door and driver side window to look and listen for oncoming trains,

[@rogersledz6793]

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

[@thatkentishtrainguy6040]

See in the UK we have barriers that come down about 1 minute before the trains come and then go back up after.

[@gryphticonprime8571]

They never opened the door at railroad crossings when I took the school bus through a crossing each day, a couple years ago. That was in Canada, but maybe it's a province specific thing here. Buses only do a stop here.

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

The law that requires school buses to stop and open the door at a railroad crossing is what's written on the bill in the iconic Schoolhouse Rock song "I'm Just a Bill".

[@LUNITICWILL]

the whole stopping at RR tracks didn't become law until about 1973 when a fully loaded freight train hit a school bus full of kids. it's pretty gruesome

[@johanvangelderen289]

There was another accident in Utah during the 1930s. A school bus driver was on his usual route at the usual time. Normally trains were too. He normally never encountered a train at the railroad crossing. One day a train was running late. It hit the school bus, killing a couple of dozen students. He did not hear the train.

[@srfinancialservice4460]

BRIGHT SIDE: Why do buses doors open when there on the railroad Me: They do?

[@Dani65ful]

I rode the school bus to school in grade school and yes I love riding on though my siblings didn't .. I also drove school bus a few years ago .. and enjoyed it and yes we have features now a button to cancell fans, radio and other noise making devices .. though wish it did shut a few kids up LOL.. though we did flash the dome lights and that signaled to the kids to be quiet until the lights goes off.