The school year is nearly over! Parents, now's not the time to let your kids get too relaxed around buses.

Double down on SAFETY.

Every State and the District of Columbia have laws requiring drivers to stop when a school-bus stop arm is extended, because the greatest risk to a child isn’t riding a school bus but boarding or leaving one. From 2010 to 2019, there were 1.6 times more fatalities among pedestrians than occupants of school transportation vehicles.

For more For school bus safety tips, please see NHTSA’s School Bus Safety page: https://www.nhtsa.gov/road-safety/school-bus-safety

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