The yellow school bus in America is a symbol of the country.
美國的黃色校車是國家的象徵。
Its color is not set by law.
它的顏色不是法律規定的。
In 1939, traffic officials from each state met.
1939年,各州的交通官員開會。
They chose this yellow with orange, because it is the most clear.
他們選了這種帶橙色的黃色,因為它最明顯。
In the 1980s, yellow school buses carried more than 60 percent of American students.
在1980年代,黃色校車載了超過六成美國學生。
That was the time when they were used the most.
那是使用最多的時候。
School buses first came from rural America.
校車最早來自美國鄉村。
In Georgia, there was a car seller named Albert Luce.
喬治亞州有一位賣車的人,叫阿爾伯特·盧斯。
He designed buses with metal bodies.
他設計了金屬車身的巴士。
This bus was first for carrying cement workers.
這巴士本來是載水泥工人的。
Later, he changed to sell them to schools.
後來,他改為賣給學校。
At that time, school areas joined small community schools.
那時候,學區把小型社區學校合併。
They set up bigger and farther schools.
他們改設更大、更遠的學校。
This made school buses very common.
這讓校車變得很普遍。
Museum worker Matt Anderson says, without school joining, there would be no school buses.
博物館策展人馬特·安德森說,沒有學校合併,就沒有校車。
Decades later, the school bus played a role in ending racial separation.
幾十年後,校車在廢除種族隔離中扮演了角色。
It carried Black and white children across racial lines.
它載黑人和白人兒童,越過種族界線。
But this practice has mostly ended now.
但這種做法現在基本結束了。
In most parts of the US, schools are more separated instead.
美國多數地區的學校反而更加隔離。
Carl Fisher drove a school bus for 66 years.
卡爾·費舍爾開了66年校車。
He retired in 2012.
他在2012年退休。
He is the longest-serving driver in Guinness World Records.
他是《金氏世界紀錄》中最長壽的司機。
His first bus was a changed Dodge truck.
他第一個車型是改裝的道奇卡車。
They added benches and small stools to it.
車上加裝長凳和小凳子。
He carried 20 children in Missouri.
他在密蘇里州載20名兒童。
The school bus is thought to be the safest way to travel on roads.
校車被認為是最安全的公路交通方式。
This is counted for each passenger and each mile.
這是按每個乘客、每英里來算的。
And it does not need seat belts.
而且不需要安全帶。
Brad Beauchamp from the maker Blue Bird says this.
製造商藍鳥的布拉德·博尚這樣說。
Now, because there are not enough drivers, the yellow bus cannot carry so many students. There are other reasons too.
現在,因為司機不夠等原因,黃色校車無法載那麼多學生。
Families must find their own way to travel.
家庭得自己找交通方式。
Jim Opegaard drove in the suburbs of Minneapolis for over twenty years.
吉姆·奧佩加德在明尼阿波利斯郊區開車超過二十年。
He retired at 94 and was the oldest bus driver.
他在94歲退休,是最年長校車司機。
He says this job is meaningful. "You help children and also help the whole society."
他說這份工作有意義,因為「你在幫助孩子,也在幫助整個社會」。