Make Congress aware of a low-cost study being proposed at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute that may greatly influence the NTSB and the truck and bus manufacturing industry to study and set better bus manufacturing standards for the development and installation of noise reduction technology and/or other methods on board school buses. This study will determine the amount of distraction, due to noise, that a typical school bus driver has to operate within in order to safely transport students. It may also help determine the exposure levels of constant and/or persistent noise safety levels for OSHA noise exposure and hearing degradation on board school buses for claims of hearing loss for long-term exposure for bus drivers.
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