Buster the School Bus Training Robot
DPI, in cooperation with the Governors Highway Safety Program, has provided school bus training robots to groups of school districts around the state. Those LEAs which have received grants include the following: (Location Map)
- Beaufort/Washington/Martin/Hyde/Pitt
- Bladen
- Cabarrus
- Caldwell/McDowell/Burke
- Catawba
- Cleveland/Yadkin/Stanly
- Craven/Jones/Pamlico
- Cumberland
- Currituck/Dare/Chowan/Camden/Paquotank/Gates
- Durham/Person
- Greene/Lenoir/Duplin
- Greene/Lenoir/Duplin
- Guilford/Randolph/Asheboro
- Haywood/Jackson
- Hoke/Robeson/Scotland
- Johnston/Sampson
- Lincoln/Iredell/Mooresville
- Pender
- Rockingham/Alamance/Chatham
- Rowan/Davidson
- Surry/Elkin/Mt Airy
- Vance/Franklin/Warren/Granville
- Watauga/Ashe/Avery
- Wilson/Wayne/Nash
- Yancey/Mitchell/Madison
Other school bus training robot programs, either current or previous, operate in school
districts in Moore, Wake, Forsyth, Gaston, Bladen, Buncombe and Mecklenburg counties.
Training Robot Resources
See Buster sing "The Wheels on the Bus" at the State Fair!
You can download 'Scripts' for use during a Training Session.
Links to Buster in Action
- Buster at the 2010 NC State Fair
- Buster at the 2009 NC State Fair
- Buster at 2009 National Night Out
- Buster at the 2007 NC State Fair