With the rapid development of the American economy and society as well as the safety awareness of all the people and children in America, more and more people in America have already paid much more attentions to the safety of the children, especially the safety and security of the children who are studying in schools in recent years. Also, not only the little kids who are studying in the kindergartens and the pupils who are studying in the primary schools but also the students who are learning in the high schools and even the students who are learning in the colleges or in the universities, they are all well protected by their parents and their schools and they also get on the school buses to arrive at their schools and get off from the school buses to arrive their homes every day in America. And the American school buses have already become the most important part and role in their daily life. Thus, let’s learn something important about the different standard types of the American school buses as follows.
What’s more, the first standard type of the American school buses is the A-series school bus. Also, the A-series American school buses are usually the smallest one among all the American school buses, and they are also called the “short buses”. And this kind of school buses are usually used to organize some school activities. They can contain and carry 16 to 36 students, and the weight of this kind of American school bus is over 6t, which is as same as the weight of a vehicle which is used for the army.
Moreover, the second standard type of the American school buses is the B-series school bus. Also, the B-series American school buses are larger than the A-series American school buses in the sizes and specification aspects. And the carrying capacities of these kinds of school buses are usually the 30 to 36 students. The weight of this kind of school bus is usually the 4t. However, the B-series American school buses are not used any more at present.
Furthermore, the third standard type of the American school buses is the C-series school bus. Also, the C-series American school buses is the commonest and the most ordinary school buses on the roads in America at present. And one of the special features of these kinds of American school buses is that the bus doors were installed on the rear wheels. And the carrying capacities of the C-series American school buses are usually from the 36 to 78 students. Also, the weight of this kind of school bus is 13t.
Besides, the fourth standard type of the American school buses is the D-series school bus. Also, the D-series American school buses possess the shapes and sizes of the public buses, which are the largest American school buses in American schools. And these kinds of American school buses also own the special features of high safety and excellent and advanced equipments. And compared with the C-series American school buses, the bus doors of these kinds of school buses were installed on the front of the front wheels, and the engines of these kinds of American school buses are the mid-engines. Also, the largest carrying capacities of these kinds of American school buses reach to the 90 students, and the weight of it is 16t. However, these kinds of American school buses stopped running and working in 1991.