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School bus safety in China(详细版) The most exciting moment in a childs life is also the moment every parent dreads. The child gets on the school bus and leaves for school on his own, without Mom or Dad to hold his hand and deposit him safely in his classroom. Parents deal with many emotions over this milestone and one of the biggest concerns is about the safety of the school bus itself. However，when a minibus crashed into a truck in rural western China on Nov 16, 2011, crushing twenty-one people, including 19 preschoolers and two adults to death，and 43 others to injury, school bus safety made its way into the spotlight. But such a tragedy is not the first of its kind. The shock was felt by nearly everyone; especially those who watch their children climb aboard this kind of vehicle every day. The accident left questions about the safety of primary school students and reinforced the necessity of quality, standard school buses throughout the nation. As a primary transportation for school children in China, the frequent accidents of school buses can be traced to several reasons. In the first place, the shortage in school bus of Government finance fund laid the base. Surely the high rate of fatal accidents justifies the cost and all public primary schools should be responsible for offering their students buses, Additional government funds must be found to ensure a safe school bus system. School budget is limited so that the school cannot afford sufficient buses. The nine-seat bus was carrying 62 preschoolers; such overcrowding is common in China. State television aired a story in September about a minivan with eight seats that was stopped while carrying 64 preschoolers. In some rural village, there are no school buses, pupils must ride a bike or walk to school every day. Besides, the inferior quality of school bus itself is serious. The impact of the crash drove the front of the minibus back into the seats, ripped open the top and buckled the sides of the vehicle, while t