Evolution of the School Bus.... or another post with automobiles.

Today I was unfortunate enough to be running late and naturally that means I was stuck behind a school bus. Nothing says "GOOD MORNING!" like having a bunch of elementary kids give you pig nose faces from the back of a bus on a dreary Friday morning. So as I contemplated faces sticking in that snotty pig nose way, I also contemplated that buses look more and more like insects every decade...which also made me realize that I couldn't quite remember what the school bus I rode (as a snotty pig nosed kid) looked like.


Hence I give you the evolution of a school bus...in pictures!


WARNING: I am not educated on the history of school buses...therefore some of the photos might not actually be from THAT decade. I used google. Deal.

1900's Era: Great on a sunny day...in the winter? Not so much.

1910's Era: Not sure if I'm more fascinated with the bus or that Dorothy Gale actually went to school!

1920's Era Bus: Once again with those open windows. Can you feel the breeze?

1930's Era Bus: These gentlemen are inspecting the bus...or the driver? Have you been drinking sir?...oh and nice saddle pants.

1940's Era Bus: This is where designing buses to look like insects came in!

1950's Era Bus: I'm digging the STOP sign...and how the 50's tried to seem wholesome....

1960's Era Bus: This is something I could make a home in. Yay for pill shaped vehicles.

1970's Era Bus: Now, this is looking more like the scary death traps I used to ride in.

1980's Era Bus: Think leg warmers and Debbie Gibson.

1990's Era School Bus: It's a short bus...but you get the idea.

2011 School Bus: Check out the mirrors...now, you tell me...bug antennae? I think so.


I'm thinking the bus of the future should look perhaps, like this:

I'm just sayin'.