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A '''short bus''' is a [[school bus]] that is, as the name implies, shorter than a normal sized school bus. Short busses are commonly used to transport children with [[learning disabilities]] like [[ADHD]] or [[Autism]] to "special schools" for education. As a result, expressions such as "riding the short bus" have become derogatory for people who make bad decisions. The buses are generally the standard eight feet wide and average twenty-four feet in length. They are roughly the same size as a [[van]] or [[minibus]], and some are in fact built onto the modified [[chassis]] and/or [[Bodywork|body]] of a stock regular passenger van or truck by a bus manufacturer <ref>{{cite web | url=http://ntl.bts.gov/DOCS/STV.html | title=Handbook For Purchasing a Small Transit Vehicle | publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Public Transportation |date=October 1998}}</ref>. The buses are capable of carrying eight to twenty children, as opposed to as many as 77 on a normal sized bus. Some have automated elevator lifts to safely lift [[wheelchair]]-using children into the bus without the use of stairs. |
A '''short bus''' is a [[school bus]] that is, as the name implies, shorter than a normal sized school bus. Short busses are commonly used to transport children with [[learning disabilities]] like [[ADHD]] or [[Autism]] to "special schools" for education. As a result, expressions such as "riding the short bus" have become derogatory for people who make bad decisions. The buses are generally the standard eight feet wide and average twenty-four feet in length. They are roughly the same size as a [[van]] or [[minibus]], and some are in fact built onto the modified [[chassis]] and/or [[Bodywork|body]] of a stock regular passenger van or truck by a bus manufacturer <ref>{{cite web | url=http://ntl.bts.gov/DOCS/STV.html | title=Handbook For Purchasing a Small Transit Vehicle | publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Public Transportation |date=October 1998}}</ref>. The buses are capable of carrying eight to twenty children, as opposed to as many as 77 on a normal sized bus. Some have automated elevator lifts to safely lift [[wheelchair]]-using children into the bus without the use of stairs. |
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Because of this second use of the buses, "taking the short bus" and other phrases to that effect have become pejorative [[slang]] terms used to imply that the subject is mentally challenged (or simply stupid). Some of these terms include but are not necessarily limited to the following: "retard carts," "syndrome trucks", "tard carts", "window lickers", "sped sleds", "sped-ex", "retard rockets", "the Magic School Bus", and "the magic wagon." Also the term "off the short bus" is used, as in, "Where'd they recruit you, off the short bus?" In reality, this term is inadequate as some school districts use normal size buses for special education routes. |
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A short bus is a school bus that is, as the name implies, shorter than a normal sized school bus. Short busses are commonly used to transport children with learning disabilities like ADHD or Autism to "special schools" for education. As a result, expressions such as "riding the short bus" have become derogatory for people who make bad decisions. The buses are generally the standard eight feet wide and average twenty-four feet in length. They are roughly the same size as a van or minibus, and some are in fact built onto the modified chassis and/or body of a stock regular passenger van or truck by a bus manufacturer [1]. The buses are capable of carrying eight to twenty children, as opposed to as many as 77 on a normal sized bus. Some have automated elevator lifts to safely lift wheelchair-using children into the bus without the use of stairs.
See also
References
- ^ "Handbook For Purchasing a Small Transit Vehicle". Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Public Transportation. October 1998.