Another problem in RI is that some school buses were on the road picking up students when the roads got bad, arriving at schools late and being even later to pick up children waiting for the next run. Most buses do at least three runs--high school, middle school, and elementary. Some even make two runs to a school: a long inbound run picking up children living farther away, then a short run picking up children living closer. (The process is reversed at dismissal.) A delay during any run results in a delay in the rest of the runs with children waiting in the cold, wind, and snow. There wasn't a lot of snowfall, but the wind blowing the snow made visibility difficult.