After that, in addition to having to stop at all railroad crossings, the law required school bus drivers to open the door and their side window, and listen, before proceeding." There is also a myth in Texas about why schoolbuses stop at railroad crossings- similar to the Utah Story but with an incident in San Antonio in the 1950's. read more
For less obvious reasons, there is another explanation as to why buses stop before railroad tracks. It is because it is a convenient way for passengers to alight from a train and transfer to a bus to get to their destination and vice versa. read more