Understanding American "safest vehicle on the road"
School bus -- Something I've never experienced as growing up in another country where I went to the elementary school on foot, went to junior high school by bicycle, then went to high school by a train (that passes in the middle of the school yard of the very school in the city of Utsunomiya). My story aside, boys are now going to the same school as a 2nd grader and a pre-K. In the beginning when the emotionally developing 4-yr boy started, there was some dramas, but 1 month passed he seems to thrive. It leaves our neighbor hood punctually at 6:52am every weekday. While being freed from 2 of 3 kids that early everyday is a huge help despite early morning hassles of making lunchboxes, the most helpful aspect of it is its reliability. As NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) puts (nhtsa.gov) , "school bus is the safest vehicle on the road". While I've always assume so without really trying to understand what makes that propaganda true, a tragedy occurre