Request Congress to Extend OSHA Protections to School Bus Operations and School Buses.
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May 31st, 2011Someone from Riverton, NJ signed.
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Apr 1st, 2011Someone from Phoenix, AZ writes:
I am a school bus driver in Scottsdale, and my bus does not direct any of the air conditioning to the driver's area. Summers reach 112 deg in Arizona. This is unacceptable.Mar 26th, 2011Someone from Phoenix, AZ writes:
As a school bus driver in Arizona I have been driving a bus that doesn't have air conditioning for 4yrs now. In August temps reach well into the 110 to 115 degree range. This is totally unrealistic to transport students in a sweat box that looks like an over grown Twinkie. Voters have passed a bill to allow us to purchase 10 new buses. However because there is no mandate to have all future buses air condition powers to be will not spend the money to do so.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMar 26th, 2011Someone from Phoenix, AZ writes:
As a school bus driver in Arizona I have been driving a bus that doesn't have air conditioning for 4yrs now. In August temps reach well into the 110 to 115 degree range. This is totally unrealistic to transport students in a sweat box that looks like an over grown Twinkie. Voters have passed a bill to allow us to purchase 10 new buses. However because there is no mandate to have all future buses air condition powers to be will not spend the money to do so.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 26th, 2011Someone from Franklin Park, IL writes:
my bus does not have tinted windows, some windows do not open and they do not fix them its a do it your self. every summer for 6 years I have asked to use a bus with tinted windows i have always been told no even when there available they still say no. this past sommer i suffered a stroke. during the winter they won't let us idle the busses to keep warm I've had pneumonia 2 and 3 times every year there is much much more wrong with how school bus drivers are treated.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 26th, 2011Someone from Franklin Park, IL writes:
my bus does not have tinted windows, some windows do not open and they do not fix them its a do it your self. every summer for 6 years I have asked to use a bus with tinted windows i have always been told no even when there available they still say no. this past sommer i suffered a stroke. during the winter they won't let us idle the busses to keep warm I've had pneumonia 2 and 3 times every year there is much much more wrong with how school bus drivers are treated.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 26th, 2011Someone from Franklin Park, IL signed.
Jan 26th, 2011Someone from Franklin Park, IL signed.
Jan 19th, 2011Someone from Harrison, MI signed.
Jan 17th, 2011Someone from Doylestown, PA signed.
Dec 2nd, 2010Someone from Scottsdale, AZ writes:
The petition clearly states the problem---------------now, lets get OSHA protection for school bus drivers as has been passed for the protection of employees in other industries,REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelNov 6th, 2010Someone from Pickerington, OH signed.
Oct 29th, 2010Someone from Chandler, AZ signed.
Oct 26th, 2010Someone from Jefferson City, MO signed.
Oct 26th, 2010Someone from Maricopa, AZ signed.
Oct 26th, 2010Someone from Greenwood, MO signed.
Oct 26th, 2010Someone from Los Osos, CA signed.
Oct 26th, 2010Someone from Apache Junction, AZ signed.
Oct 25th, 2010Someone from Maricopa, AZ signed.
Sep 8th, 2010Someone from Knoxville, MD writes:
we are in a battle right now with our county board of education to have our special needs busses retrofitted with ac, and have a new ac policy in effect. Frederick County, marylandREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelSep 2nd, 2010Someone from Bluff City, TN writes:
My son needs ac he is type 1 diabetec and it get real hot in the after noon and his sugar can drop fast from heatREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 30th, 2010Someone from Kunkletown, PA signed.
Aug 30th, 2010Someone from Fort Stewart, GA signed.
Aug 29th, 2010Someone from Phoenix, AZ writes:
As a school bus driver this is an issue that is continually gets swept under the rug. The transportation department states that is not a law that air-conditioning be provided on a bus. Our bus drivers are put at risk and students are at risk in the the extreme heat conditions. I see more and more parents actually driving their children to school due to this issue. Parents are even taking a high risk by packing students into their vehicles without having or using the proper seat restraints. We all know that it is safer to have students on a bus. Lets have OSHA protect our environment on school buses. Their have been many extreme heat condition warnings in Arizona this summer alone can you just imagine how hot these buses are without proper functioning air-conditioning.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 26th, 2010Someone from New Orleans, LA writes:
I am a parent in New Orleans, La, and this is a BIG, BIG problem. All buses need air conditioning, this can cause a big lawsuit if someone get sick, because of heat exhustion whether it a child, or the driver. Please think about the driver and the children. There is no water or drinks on the bus, so dehydration can occur quickly. The index is to high for 30-40 people to be in one area with no air conditionig, especially when it rains, and all windows are up. Please, Please make ALL BUSES AIR CONDITION.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 26th, 2010Someone from Shafter, CA writes:
Our schools are finally being updated with adequate air conditioning for our children, now it is even more important to update our buses with adequate air conditioning. We live in the desert here, today as an example, I drove my car and the outside temp was 119F...after sitting in the parking lot for an hour the temp read 126F. Even with my air conditioning going full blast...the heat in that car was unbearable and hard to breathe...can you imagine our children in a bus? I would bet the temp would've been much higher in the bus after sitting there. There is a much higher rate of asthma these days, and with the air quality at unhealthy levels when the heat is so high, it's not even feasible to open windows for ventilation to further expose our children to the bad elements. It's bad enough on healthy children, totally unacceptable for handicapped/illness ridden children to have to suffer. It's time to remedy this for our children...after all they are OUR FUTURE!!! School districts like ours need to put funds to use that will benefit our children, the money is funded for the children...stop padding the administration and put the money to use where it is supposed to be put...towards our children's education, health, and safety!!! Thank You...REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 26th, 2010Someone from Shafter, CA signed.
Aug 26th, 2010Someone from Shafter, CA writes:
As a school bus driver living and working where the temperatures in the summer, and sometimes early fall and late spring, are well over 100 degrees, I completely agree with making OSHA add this. I have seen the children with sweat looting down the beat red faces and there was nothing I could do for them. I finally went and bought bandanas, wet them and had the children lay them around the back of their necks... It offered some relief but nothing like air conditioning would have! I am not old, over weight or any of the other things that were listed here, but it is still very hard on a body to suffer when you are dealing with such high temperatures!! Especially hard on the special needs children who I am now driving everyday with no a/c!! Thank you for listeningREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 25th, 2010Someone from Shafter, CA signed.
Aug 25th, 2010Someone from Shafter, CA writes:
Im fighting with my district on this exact issue right now...REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 25th, 2010Someone from Newman, CA writes:
In the hot weather months the bus becomes an oven with wheels, is not fair to the children and the bus drivers.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelAug 25th, 2010Someone from Argyle, TX signed.
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