National School Bus Safety Week is an active and evolving public education program designed to promote school bus safety. For many years, school districts throughout the country have been observing a School Bus Safety Week. Unfortunately, these efforts have not historically been coordinated to any great degree. School Bus Safety Week has often been observed at various times from early fall through spring. In the 1990’s, the National Association for Pupil Transportation (www.napt.org), the National School Transportation Association (www.schooltrans.com) and the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (www.nasdpts.org) joined forces to form the National School Bus Safety Week Committee and coordinate School Bus Safety Week activities throughout the country. The members of the committee, joined by several sponsors, have designated the third week in October each year as National School Bus Safety Week. As a result, what was once a disparate series of loosely connected state-level events has become a national celebration of school bus safety.
- LIGHT THE WAY
Any motorist knows that a red traffic light means stop.
School bus warning lights mean the same thing. Flashing red lights mean STOP, school children are boarding or leaving the school bus.
It is a violation to drive past a stopped school bus when the red lights are flashing.
LOCAL IMPACT
Did you know that yellow school buses safely transport almost 25 million kids to and from school every day? There are over 2,000 students transported here in the Fond du Lac / North Fond du Lac area. That’s over 2,000 good reasons to drive safely and remain alert when you see a school bus on the road.
LOCAL IMPACT
October 19-23 is National School Bus Safety Week. Each school day over 2,000 students in the Fond du Lac / North Fond du Lac area ride to and from school in more than 50 school buses. Help protect our children. Observe School Bus Safety Week-every week.
SLOW DOWN IN SCHOOL ZONES
Most children think of school as their second home, a place where they feel safe. Youngsters may be inattentive as they cross the street to enter or exit a bus.
We would like to remind motorists to use extra caution when driving in school zones. Watch for children, slow down and pay attention to school bus traffic.
