The yellow school bus is a national symbol in the US, but its color is not set by law.
美國的黃色校車是國家象徵,但它的顏色並非由法律規定。
In 1939, state traffic officials chose this yellow with an orange tone because it is the most visible.
1939年,各州交通官員會議選定這種帶橙色調的黃色,因為它最顯眼。
At its peak in the 1980s, yellow school buses carried more than 60 percent of American students.
在1980年代高峰期,黃色校車接送超過六成美國學生。
School buses began in rural America.
校車起源於美國鄉村。
Albert Luce, a dealer from Georgia, designed a bus with a metal body. It was first used to carry cement workers, and later it moved to the school market.
喬治亞州經銷商阿爾伯特·盧斯設計了金屬車身巴士,原本用來載水泥工人,後來轉向學校市場。
At that time, school districts were merging small community schools. They set up larger and more distant schools, which helped school buses become common.
當時學區正合併小型社區學校,改設更大、更遠的學校,這推動了校車普及。
Museum curator Matt Anderson said that without school mergers, 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, school buses played a role in ending racial segregation, carrying Black and white children across racial lines.
幾十年後,校車在廢除種族隔離中扮演角色,載送黑人和白人兒童跨越種族界線。
But this practice has mostly ended, and schools in most parts of the U.S. are actually more segregated.
但這種做法已基本結束,美國多數地區的學校反而更加隔離。
Carl Fisher drove a school bus for 66 years and retired in 2012. He is the longest-serving driver in the Guinness World Records.
卡爾·費舍爾開了66年校車,於2012年退休,是《金氏世界紀錄》中最長壽的司機。
His first bus was a modified Dodge truck with benches and small stools. It carried 20 children in Missouri.
他第一個車型是改裝的道奇卡車,加裝長凳和小凳子,在密蘇里州載送20名兒童。
School buses are considered the safest way to travel on roads per passenger per mile. They do not need seat belts, according to Brad Beauchamp of the manufacturer Blue Bird.
校車被認為是每乘客每英里最安全的公路交通方式,且無需安全帶,製造商藍鳥的布拉德·博尚如此表示。
Today, because of driver shortages and other factors, yellow school buses cannot carry many students anymore. So families must find their own transportation.
如今因司機短缺等因素,黃色校車無法再載送許多學生,家庭得自行找交通方式。
Jim Opegaard drove for over twenty years in the suburbs of Minneapolis. He retired at age 94, making him the oldest school bus driver.
吉姆·奧佩加德在明尼阿波利斯郊區開車超過二十年,94歲退休,是最年長校車司機。
He said the job is meaningful because "you are helping children, and you are also helping 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」。