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School Bus Safety Competition.

Great Day For a Road-E-O

No bucking broncos or bull riding here. Just some of the best school bus drivers in the Bucks and Montgomery County area trying to wrangle these 40 foot behemoths. So you have trouble parallel parking your Prius? No problem for these outstanding drivers. School bus drivers are some of the best trained in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Re-certifying their license every 4 years in order to maintain driving the most precious cargo, our children. At this competition though, there were no stinky fumes from belching diesel engines. All the vehicles at this competition were propane powered. Yes, clean burning LPG. These Bluebird buses went green in a huge way. Some districts are just learning of the benefits. But Upper Moreland School District has an entire fleet of them. No longer do you see the blue haze hanging over the High School on those cold mornings. There is also a unique bond between bus drivers, there is a respect from driver to driver that is unsurpassed.

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