- [Announcer] This module is sponsored by
the Miami Foundation.
- [Woman In The Red Blazer] Hi!
- Hi, welcome to Miami-Dade County schools
Department of Transportation.
So you all understand, every school bus in Miami-Dade
County schools has a number on it and that's
basically called a bus number, okay?
But the real important things for you guys to understand is,
you see this black placard here?
That has a number on it, the number is 9417.
This is the route number.
This tells you the number of your bus.
Now when you go to your bus stop
you're gonna look for this number when the bus pulls up
and you're gonna say,
"9417, that's my bus."
- So let's read this one together, ready?
- [Children And Woman] 9417.
- So follow me we're gon' find another bus so we can
have a little test and you can tell us what the numbers
on this next bus mean.
As you can see, there's a lot of buses in this compound.
- [Woman In The Red blazer] There are.
Do you know why all school buses are yellow?
In 1939 to improve school bus safety,
the color of all school buses was standardized
to a color called school bus yellow.
It was considered the easiest color to see
when it gets dark out.
And black lettering contrasted well against it.
Okay, let's see if we can find the route number.
Did you find the number?
- I found it.
- I see this.
- [Children] 9410.
- [Woman In The Red Blazer] The route number is the path
your bus is traveling.
That's your bus route.
When you're leaving school and there's all buses
parked in the school,
what number bus are you gonna look for?
- [Children] 9410.
- This is a very important number for you to remember
so that you get on the right bus.
This is bus driver.
We would really like for you to show us
how to enter the bus properly and safely,
how to sit in the bus safely,
and how to exit the bus safely.
- Okay, first thing I want you to do,
I want you to walk up the steps single file,
one by one, holding on to the handle.
Go straight to a seat, and have a seat.
- Okay.
Should I go first?
Okay.
So one by one, we're gonna hold on to the handle
and walk up.
- Hold on to the handle.
Okay, I want you all to have a seat.
Put your seat belts on.
We need to talk about bus safety.
You keep your voices to the person that's next to you.
That person next to you should only hear your conversation.
The driver shouldn't.
That means your voice will stay down low enough
so I can hear what's going on around me
and I can look at the road.
Remember, no hands out of the window.
Everybody stays in their seat at all times.
Take note of the emergency windows in the back of the bus.
The windows with the little red things on it,
those are emergency windows.
We have emergency hatches, and emergency exit door.
But this is the first aid kit,
my radio is used for emergency times.
Everybody know what 911 is?
- [Children] Yes.
- Okay, that's in an emergency.
I can call my dispatcher, and they'll get us some help.
- How do we get off the bus safely?
- The same way you came up.
Take your time.
Walk, hold on to the handle,
one step at a time, off the bus.
Okay kids, we're gonna go for a ride.
(upbeat jazz rock music)
(bus engine starting)
(funky circus music)
- One step at a time.
There you go, hand on the rail, watch where you're going.
Watch the step, hand on the rail.
Watch where you're going.
Thank you very much for teaching us about bus safety.
- You're welcome.
- Kids should get off the bus.
They should look at the bus driver to signal them to cross
to the other side of the road.
- Oh, so the bus driver looks for cars that might be coming.
- Yes we do.
We sit in our seat and we make sure we look at traffic
come from all four ways.
- [Woman In The Red Blazer] So I notice on the bus,
a handle that comes out.
What is that called?
- That's called the super stopper.
Give the bus driver enough room to see the kids
to cross in front of the bus.
- Right, 'cause you don't want the bus driver
to hit the kids.
If she doesn't see them she doesn't know they're there.
And then also, a stop sign comes out.
- [Phyllis] Yes.
- All cars should stop, correct?
- Yes, all cars should stop.
But, we don't expect for cars to stop.
That's why we sit with the bus,
for the students to come around.
- So the children, it's up to them to stop, look,
and listen before they cross the road?
- Yes, they must stop, look, and listen.
- Should we practice looking both ways
before we cross the street?
- Yes.
- Let's practice.
Let's pretend you're the bus driver.
We just got off the bus.
And who do we look at before we go across the street?
- The bus driver.
- We look at the bus driver.
Okay, everyone together, here we go.
Look left.
Look right.
Look left.
Is it safe to cross the street?
- Yes.
- Yes, hold hands.
Together, watch the bus driver.
She's telling us.
She's saying that it's safe.
Okay, we're doing it.
Look at that.
We are safe bus riders.
- The reason that well you're here
is I'm gonna show you a few of the components
on the school buses and be sure that they're all safe.
- How do you know the buses are working properly?
- We have a team of mechanics that goes through
the bus and they check every component.
We're gonna show you how the wheel goes
round and round and see if it's safe.
(upbeat children's music)
- That reminds me of a song.
Do you know the wheels on the bus go round and around?
- Yes.
Me too let's sing it.
Ready?
("Wheels on the bus")
♪ The wheels on the bus go round and round ♪
♪ Round and round ♪
♪ The wheels on the bus go round and round ♪
♪ All through the town ♪
Hooray.
- I actually have another bus I would like to
show you guys if you guys wanna see it.
- Yes.
- We're gonna continue our safety check on this bus.
I'm gonna go ahead and check the wipers
and you can sing along, okay?
- Great.
Let's look at the wipers.
Let's see if they work.
("Wheels on the bus")
♪ The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish ♪
♪ Swish swish swish ♪
♪ The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish ♪
♪ All through the town ♪
Let's see if these doors are working.
♪ The doors on the bus go open and shut ♪
♪ Open and shut ♪
♪ The doors on the bus go open and shut ♪
♪ All through the town ♪
Let's check the windows.
♪ The windows on the bus go up and down ♪
♪ Up and down ♪
♪ Go up and down ♪
♪ The windows on the bus go up and down ♪
♪ All through the town ♪
Hooray.
(clapping)
This bus is A-okay.
- [Sergio] This is one safe bus.
- Yes it is.
Thank you very much for teaching us about bus safety
and traffic safety.
They're lessons we will remember always.
Kids let's go.
- Take care kids. - Say bye.
- Take care kids.
- Bye. - Bye.
(upbeat electronic music)