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What school buses look like in 12 countries around the world
What school buses look like in 12 countries around the world
Mark AbadiMay 25, 2018, 19:32 IST
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School buses look different from country to country.
They vary in size, shape, and durability, although in most places, school buses are required to be yellow.
In some countries, school buses are a service reserved only for private school students.
If you've never been to a school outside the United States, you might be surprised by how different they are from country to country.
The same goes for school buses, which depending on the part of the world you're in, can be small, crowded, and even sometimes shaped like Pikachu.
Although school buses come in all shapes and sizes, it's almost universal to see them painted their distinctive shade of bold yellow, chosen for its high visibility from long distances.
Here's what school buses look like in 12 countries around the world:
This bus was spotted in Tambunan, Malaysia. Most Malaysian school buses are more than 20 years old, a spokesman for the national bus organization said.
Not all school buses are yellow. This Mercedes-Benz school bus from Germany resembles a charter bus you'd see in the US. School buses in Germany are generally run by regional transportation groups, not the local government.
The buses in Vietnam need to navigate flooded roads during the rainy season. Fewer and fewer students are riding to school as the country's fleet of buses continues to age and break down.
Here's a bus in Makueni County, Kenya. In January, Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i called for measures to regulate school buses around the country, including a requirement that they be painted yellow.
Havana, Cuba, has a fleet of yellow school buses imported from Canada. But you won't find students going to school on these — they're used for standard public transportation.
This bus in Novy Urengoy, Russia, says CHILDREN in capital letters. In Russia, the Pavlovo Bus Factory makes buses that are used throughout eastern Europe.
Students at this primary school in Marrakesh, Morocco, take a yellow van to school. Most public schools in Marrakesh don't provide transportation for students, while many private schools do.
In Japan, some school buses are modeled after beloved cartoon characters. Children at an Osaka kindergarten ride to school inside a giant Pikachu. Other bus characters include Thomas the Tank Engine and Hello Kitty.
