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It is a warning that the bus is about to stop, and to prepare to see the flashing red warnings displayed.

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Because yellow is a very easy color to see.

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Slow down because children are leaving the bus so be prepared to stop

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No. The wiring isn't set up to allow it, and it wouldn't be done, anyhow, because that would create conflicting signals.

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It means they are loading/ unloading passengers. All vehicles in BOTH directions are to stop- except for vehicles on the other side of a divided highway.

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What shade of yellow is a school bus?

School Bus Chrome National School Bus Yellow either one


If everything in the world was red what color would a yellow school bus be?

School bus isn't thing, school bus color remains same, (Yellow)


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Is a school bus orange or yellow?

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Why school buses are painted in yellow?

School Bus YellowOther standards at Dr. Cyr's 1939 conference also applied to improving school bus safety. The most recognizable standard was the development of school bus yellow as a standardized school bus color; the attendees considered yellow the easiest to see in dawn and dusk, and it contrasted well with black lettering.Yellow is now the shade associated with school buses worldwide; officially it is known as National School Bus Glossy Yellow in the United States, and Chrome Yellow in some parts of Canada.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_bus#School_Bus_Yellow


Is a school bus really yellow?

School buses are painted in a variety of shades of yellow or orange. But the official color in the US is called National School Bus Glossy Yellow (CMY 1, 12, 100). It is a mixture of cadmium yellow and cadmium orange, and was renamed from National School Bus Chrome, a paint that contained chrome yellowpigment (lead II chromate).


What colour is a bus in Canada?

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Why school buses have yellow color?

School bus yellow is a colour which was especially formulated for use on School Buses in North America in 1939. The colour is now officially known in as National School Bus Glossy Yellow and was originally called National School Bus Chrome.In April of that year, Dr. Frank Cyr, a professor at Teachers College, University in New York organized a conference that established national school-bus construction standards for the U.S. . including the standard color of yellow for the school bus. It became known officially as "National School Bus Chrome." The color was selected because black lettering on that hue was easiest to see in the semidarkness of early morning.


Does crayola make national school bus yellow?

According to their website, they do.


Who is known as the father of the yellow school bus?

Frank W. Cyr