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Sold in panes of 20 and coils of 100.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy school buses are yellow\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVehicles have carried children to school since the late 19th century, but the enclosed steel bus only appeared in 1930. The color came in 1939, when state transportation officials met with bus and paint manufacturers at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York City to set safety and fabrication standards. They tested a range of colors and found black lettering read most clearly against yellow, particularly in the weak light of dawn and dusk. \"National School Bus Chrome\" became standard in thirty-five states almost immediately; the last states adopted it in 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat has changed since\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of the 1939 standards have been revised — but not the color. Later requirements added the mechanical stop arm on the driver's side, amber and red flashing lights, and cross-view mirrors, all of which exist to stop traffic while children board or get off. More recent rules address rollover and collision protection, less visible from outside and no less important.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat the buses do\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout 25 million American children ride one every day, and a child is roughly 70 times safer on the bus than being driven to school in a car. Collectively they keep millions of cars off the road, save billions of gallons of gasoline, and prevent millions of pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. 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