© 2024 University of Missouri - KBIA
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
KBIA 91.3 FM will be at low power for a portion of the day on 3/29/2024 starting at 9:30 a.m. to accommodate a tower crew doing some maintenance on equipment

Missouri Highway Patrol Approves 88 Percent of School Buses

school buses
Twix
/
Flickr

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says about 88 percent of school buses inspected this spring had no defects.

The patrol announced Friday that about 10,500 of nearly 12,000 school buses were approved during annual safety tests.

About 1,100 had defects that weren't hazardous enough to put them out of service but that required repairs. Roughly 250 were deemed unsafe to carry students and were placed out of service.

Those buses need repairs and must pass another inspection before they can carry students again.

The Associated Press is one of the largest and most trusted sources of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, international subscribers and commercial customers. AP is neither privately owned nor government-funded; instead, it's a not-for-profit news cooperative owned by its American newspaper and broadcast members.