08/30/2022
⚠️ 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 | 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤.
Remember:
🟡 𝗬𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 flashing means the bus is going to stop. ⚠️𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍⚠️
🔴 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 flashing mean students are getting on or off the bus. 🛑𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏🛑
𝙄𝙣 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚:
✔️ It is illegal - and very dangerous - to pass a stopped school bus when the large red lights located on top of the bus are flashing. Flashing lights mean the bus is picking up or discharging students.
✔️ You must stop whether you are approaching the school bus from the front or overtaking it from the rear.
✔️ You must always stop for flashing red lights, even on divided and multilane highways, on school grounds or even a parking lot.
✔️ The first-time fine for illegally passing a school bus is a $250 to $400 fine, 5 points on your license, and/or possibly 30 days in jail.
✔️ Worse yet, the memory of hitting or killing a child may be one you carry for the rest of your life!
🚌The safest way to transport children to and from school is by school bus. In fact, students are about 70 times more likely to get to school safely when taking a school bus instead of traveling by car.
🚶🏻However, while buses are loading and unloading students, kids become vulnerable to injury. This is largely due to an increasingly high incidence of motorists illegally passing stopped school buses.
