Request Congress to Extend OSHA Protections to School Bus Operations and School Buses.
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Sep 23rd, 2016Someone from Lexington, KY signed.
Sep 23rd, 2016Someone from Arlington, TN signed.
Sep 21st, 2016Someone from Dunbar, PA writes:
I drive charter trips all the time. Using a school bus. So I do a lot of sports football , soccer, baseball , track etc. The kids have no way to cool down when hot and humid like it is today.Even myself I have to stay until the games are done. Which in return the bus sits out in the hot sun. All bases should be required to have air conditioning!!!Sep 21st, 2016Someone from Pinehurst, TX signed.
Sep 20th, 2016Someone from Cottonwood, AZ signed.
Sep 17th, 2016Someone from Bumpass, VA writes:
Most of Our buses in Goochland Va at high school and middle school are required to park in a lot after drop offs and before the second run of the day with no running water to drink to keep cool, to wash hands clean up spills or vomit, no toilets. The heat can be unbelievable at times reaching over a 100 degrees during the summer. Most school bus drivers do their jobs for the love of children it certainly isn't the pay. school bus drivers should be right at the top of the list of importance to any county, state or government without drivers most children wouldn't get to school. Yet we're barely acknowledged. Schools have to have AC so why shouldn't all the school buses. There are drivers, children who have asthma, diabetic, students/drivers with allergies that require epi pens and heat can exacerbate these type of illnesses. There should be more laws in place that relate to protecting each and everyone who drives or rides a school buses. I ask Congress what are we doing as a society to protect our future. We are not transporting livestock we are transporting our children the most precious cargo off all.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 16th, 2016Someone from Houston, TX writes:
I work for Aldine ISD in Houston, Tx. and half of our fleet do not have air conditioners which make it hard to stay healthy in the Houston heat. Our temperatures in the school bus average 90-105 degrees in the months of Mar-June. I have experienced nose bleeds, sinus issues. The kids are vomiting, coughing from fumes and heat. The windows are positioned very high so that you can't really feel the air, especially the kids. Please help pass a law to make the Districts supply air conditions on school buses in Houston where the temperatures are extremely hot and humid.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 16th, 2016Someone from Hialeah, FL writes:
From FL.. Correct me if I'm wrong but is not this a breach of contract? I mean as citizen of US I sworn to follow and respect the laws, be a good citizen, in exchange for this goverment to protect me and guaranteed my safety, same for my children and everyone around. Now this issue my not be contemplated in OSHA, but the responsabilities that we all share for the safety of our children it is contemplated in many other laws, now if those who represent us don't do their part shouldn't they be sanctioned.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 15th, 2016Someone from Wingate, NC writes:
I am a school bus driver in Union County North Carolina my bus has no air conditioning as do many other buses and it is very miserable to say the least we are on these buses for long hours the engine heat is unspeakable especially with the door opening and closing constantly and the Heat of the engine right on us the windows down do not help I have to bring Frozen water bottles to cool my body temperature down so I don't pass out from heat exhaustion when it reaches 100 and above with the heat indexesREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 14th, 2016Someone from Bealeton, VA writes:
I recently acquired a stomach bug. Lost 7 lbs in 4 days. Returned to work due to driver shortage with moderate dehydration. Asked for help on a hot afternoon to let me drive an a/c bus. No. Having seen the severity of my dehydration and after 19 years driving. My bus has a/c but has been broke down since last school year. I now have the worst and oldest bus to drive of all sped drivers. By the way, in years, I'm over 85-90% of the rest.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 14th, 2016Someone from Fayetteville, NC writes:
So far this year it has been so hot... high 90s a lot of days... my son gets off the bus and is drenched in sweat!! If it is high 90s outside then on the bus it reaches well over 100 why would you risk children's health by not having ac on the bus!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 13th, 2016Someone from Highland Park, IL writes:
I leave a sweaty butt and back-print on my seat whenever I get up. Please install and airconditioner!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 12th, 2016Someone from Jacksonville, FL signed.
Sep 9th, 2016Someone from Silver Spring, MD signed.
Sep 9th, 2016Someone from Philadelphia, PA signed.
Sep 9th, 2016Someone from Scranton, PA writes:
My husband is bus driver here in pa and there has been days it has been over 100 degrees real feel and then with 60 plus passengers it get hot hot hot and is crazyREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 9th, 2016Someone from Ennis, TX signed.
Sep 8th, 2016Someone from Newport News, VA signed.
Sep 8th, 2016Someone from Monsey, NY writes:
My kid got off a full school bus today disoriented and drenched in sweat. All the other kids were also soaked in sweat and seemed misreble. She said the bus had no air conditioner.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 8th, 2016Someone from Phoenixville, PA writes:
My 8 year old grand daughter came home after being on the bus for one hour. She was all red in the face. She said that the bus had no air conditioning and she couldn't get her window open. The bus driver told me that there is air but it's upfront. It doesn't get to the major part of the bus. She was going to tell the kids today to sit still and not open any of the windows so they can feel the air. They shouldn't have to sit still and hope to feel the air. It's against the law to let a child in a hot car, why not a bus?REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 8th, 2016Someone from Collinsville, IL signed.
Sep 7th, 2016Someone from Douglassville, PA writes:
Tomorrow 9/8/2016 it is supposed to to 95 here in NE pa, with humidity feel like temp over 100, it's insane to drive and have kids on a bus with no air conditioningREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 7th, 2016Someone from Louisville, KY signed.
Sep 7th, 2016Someone from Mansfield, OH signed.
Sep 7th, 2016Someone from Derby, KS signed.
Sep 7th, 2016Someone from Goshen, IN signed.
Sep 7th, 2016Someone from Belleville, IL signed.
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Sep 7th, 2016Someone from Collinsville, IL writes:
This is absurd that it's even an issue. These are our children. My son is on the bus after school for almost an hour and comes home overheated and covered in sweat. Tell me how that's ok??REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 7th, 2016Someone from Danville, IL writes:
Im a bus driver it is sad that we have to be in a hundred degree weather for up to 3 hours.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 6th, 2016Someone from Vance, AL writes:
I'm a high schooler in Alabama and I can say it can be ridiculously hot. It'll be about 95 degrees and feel like 100. It can be just as hard for the drivers as well, because they have to go through what we do.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 6th, 2016Someone from Pickton, TX writes:
I'm a highschool student that rides a bus to Como-Pickton School daily with no air conditioning. The bus feels 10 times hotter than the outside. Me as a highschool student think that we should make a change and help schools get air conditioning for kids and drivers safety.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 6th, 2016Someone from Pickton, TX writes:
I'm a highschool student that rides a bus daily with no air conditioning. The bus feels 10 times hotter than the outside. Me as a highschool student think that we should make a change and help schools get air conditioning for kids safety.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 6th, 2016Someone from Pickton, TX writes:
I'm a highschool student that rides a bus daily with no air conditioning. The bus feels 10 times hotter than the outside. Me as a highschool student think that we should make a change and help schools get air conditioning for kids safety.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 6th, 2016Someone from Pickton, TX writes:
I'm a highschool student that rides a bus daily with no air conditioning. The bus feels 10 times hotter than the outside. Me as a highschool student think that we should make a change and help schools get air conditioning for kids safety.REPORT COMMENTS
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