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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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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They are orange though.... has everyone gone mad lol?

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in darkness the absence of light distorts colors; from the Moody Blues -- " Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colors from our sight Red is grey is yellow white" hence, the color of yellow looks like white in darkness. as for seatbelts they are a mechanical mechanism that can jam or fail to release. I carry ems belt shears...

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.....but school buses are orange though. Is everyone color blind? That's obviously not a pure yellow, there's is a definitive red tint to it, meaning it's orange.

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The “padded backs” on my busses seats are solid pieces of plastic with a hard bit of rubber on top lol Like if u agree

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Here in the UK, we use public buses for school buses, you should make a video about why UK school buses are public buses

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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.

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I honestly don't know why I watched this vid when my school has no school bus

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The chains you are talking about are usually made of metal and they run on a wheel. They have an air canister and a valve that when you send air to the air canister it pushes the chain wheel up against the tire. There are between 6-12 strands of chain per wheel. This is the same system on fire trucks, and some semis. They are a replacement for snow chains cause it takes a second to flip the switch but sever mins to install chains. I’ve looked into this about putting this system on my truck. But, in the trucking world if you have to chain up then you’re better off parking. Bonus fact, if there are snow chains on a trailer there called drag chains. Just thought I’d share a little info

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Actually,those chains are to prevent lightning from damaging the bus and its passengers in the case of a thunderstorm. Busses and other big vehicles have these chains because the electrons in the lightning look for the closest place to pass to the ground (ground charges).

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1939 was the beginning of WW2 Hit like if you’re learning about World War Two

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My school bus so called padded airbag on back of the seats are like concrete.

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Same the some of the company's buses that I go on the really hard

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Spoiler alert!!: It's bright so in the night people can see it and it stands out. Question: why are vans white?

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Yeah, because school buses are always out driving at night... lol

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The wheels on the bus go round and round

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*_Why do school buses look like like a giant French fry?_*

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The school buses that my school goes on when we go to like excursions and camps have seatbelt’s

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My school bus' color is blue. Therefore, school makes us sad.

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Cause yellow is a sign of depression and all students start feeling depressed when they enter the school bus .so the colour of the school bus is yellow .............true feelings of a school student 😜

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School Buses Actually Do Have Seat belts in New Jersey

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Why School Buses Are Yellow cuz yellow was a perfect color for them to out shine any other bus.

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but in Europe there are not any yellow school buses.

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In galena Kansas they have white buses.

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There are seatbelts on my school bus, it’s just that we don’t use them Im in ny

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We used to have them until some kids started choking.

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My school doesn't have a school bus, so I am always late!!

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It's not necessary that school busses are white, In my country(Pakistan) the school busses are Orange and white. Plus, in the orange school bus its written in black colour *School Bus*

[@christiancarcrashing1924]

In my country school buses are yellow but the school bus I go on to school is a white minivan

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In Europe we don’t have yellow

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Beyond Infinity OH YEAH!

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Wait in Europe there are no schools?!?! Then how do you learn, by homeschooled

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Who in the name of god said there was no school in Europe

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Am I the only one who seriously laughed at the man flying through the air at 4:03?

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You weren't

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🙄 *Bad* *Sense* *of* *Humour.*

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0:21 that's me when I ride the school bus to scool

[@jodyjohnson265]

fun fact school bus designs are changing every few years because of you guest it safety.

[@subsnovids-do6ve]

I live in Missouri and most buses have flat fronts so they don’t need the black hoods. I’m not sure if that’s what all the Missouri schools have or not.

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Who else went to school on yellow bus 👇

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🙋‍♂️

[@JonathanMendez4820]

Meh

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Everyone: we have seatbelts in our bus Me: no one really cares sorry!

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Who wants to go to school in a mango shaped school bus? 😊😊

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Also take in consideration red would not be that great because lots of cars are red, while many are not yellow, so yellow stands out more

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Here in Australia they are orange with dark green lines. They stand out of the ordinary

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when not ferrying anyone to school they can be used like commuter bus

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In slovenia, we have normal buses. Not that yellow ones.

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In Singapore, its random colours. Thus common colour is White

[@blulavaa2023]

I live in Louisiana. Am currently 14 in the 9th grade (Freshmen in High School.) In our buses, there are no seatbelts. Only on substitue buses. Say S1, S2, S3, and so on. So that information is somewhat false. Now I dont know if any other places in Louisiana have them on there buses but mine surely don't.

[@exepeachyx189]

my country doesn’t have school busses, we have normal busses that just ofc go everywhere (even school)

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bright side: It is illegal to have a non yellow bus Joogsquad with his blue bus: am I a joke to you?

[@MyMW3Channel]

At the 3 minute mark, it should reference 1927 not 1827. The bus also has 1927 painted on it.

[@carlydoesntdogachas7753]

I don’t have school bus in my school (primary school)but In high school they use black buses

[@patiacopple]

Green because it’s my favorite color and it’s like the grass trees bushes and all that.

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4:45 Our C2 buses have smaller padding on the leather seats than a blanket, Yet we do not have seatbelts.

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bright side! in my country the bus has a flat front and it has a white stripes and its yellow green and its a luxury

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Here in our country, the Philippines, most, if not all of school buses based their color on the color scheme or something of the school and their school uniforms.

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You forgot to mention that if a seat belt got jammed that kid or multiple kids would die in a crash

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I would paint it black and yellow because its a safety line type of color

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the same yellow as always here in washington d.c

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My school bus got in a crash a couple of weeks ago. Someone got whiplash. Someone got a concussion. Im pretty sure its not safe.

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our bus for people who live far away is white and short. but our other buses are yellow long and big.

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My eyes were hurting and dizzy when the vision thing came in

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I don't have any school buses. I have is school vans. It could be Kia and Mitsubishi Vans. Some of them are white and yellow but white is for delivery while yellow is same but with black strips.

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In The Philippines we sometimes ride a jeepney (a jeep that is extended with colorful designs)

[@blackmm2letgo]

I would do green because it’s my favorite color

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My country’s school buses- wHiTe, gReY aNd oNly paRt Of thE bUseS aRe yEllOw

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ItzAliza Same, it also has part orange

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In California we don’t have seat beats not try’n be rude just a fact

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Simarjit Kaur why would that be rude lol

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Did anyone else notice that at the end the school bus door was on the wrong side🇺🇸.

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Because yellow attracts people and is the best colour. That's why bright side kept it's profile picture as Yellow!

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A school bus should be flame looking

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This video- *school buses are yellow* Buses that are white and blue- *_am i a joke to you_*

[@kaleb2376]

Without the safe idea for a school bus I would go with a blue school bus,I meen "blue is my favorite color".

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I have to be honest.... the last bus on the Thumbnail actually looks awsome

[@growingup15]

Some school Buses here in South Carolina are White or even black. so theres a bit of a lie there when you said that all school buses legally have to be yellow in america.

[@allenthanks6093]

What's Yellow and can't swim?A School Bus Full Of Children....

[@sweetbabimango4349]

Or maybe the lights are the reason its illumination. Plus if a car got next to a bus there is sign that literally says caution. Someone gonna recognize a bus because they're used to that color. And the seats aren't as soft as you think, in fact they are actually mosty hollow. Also there are buses with no hoods. This is just a video with false information.

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6:03 kinda cool that that that it’s the two us states that have Disney parks

[@thomas2092]

My classmate die last year In A school bus :( He past out And Brought to the hospital :(

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School buses in Australia aren’t yellow They’re usually all different colours and hardly ever yellow!

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[@hassansaleh9521]

Here in Australia we have white school buses *always* and they don't even have 'school bus' writen on it

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in USA there’s acutally a pink bus yes I’m not joking it was my first time seeing a pink bus in USA!

[@Lilmondo303]

My buses are yellow in my country but I think they should pant on rainbow because they would be much more seeable