Abstract: A safety gate for a school bus or similar conveyance. The gate is mounted on the front bumper of the vehicle and includes a barrier both in front of the bumper and between the bumper and the front wheel of the bus. Both barriers can be dropped from a travel height, in which the bus can travel on the roads, to a lower or guard height in which the barrier is close to the surface of the road so that people--particularly children--cannot go over or beneath the barriers in a location out of the view of the driver.