By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net
This week was National School Bus Safety Week, and officials are reminding everyone to stay alert around school buses. School buses are the safest way for students to get to school, however, according to the United States Department of Transportation, from 2013 to 2022, there were 967 fatal school transportation-related crashes and an average of 108 fatalities per year.
Benjamin Bus, Northfield General Manager Laure Benjamin, encouraged drivers to pay attention:
“You know they every time that you see a school bus, just pay attention to what’s kind of going on, you know, and watch for those lights and those flashing lights. They have the yellow lights that are going to be that. That’s a warning saying, you know, pay attention to what’s going on and then get ready to stop “ Laure’ Benjamin on the KYMN In The Morning
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The Transportation Department reminds drivers that “When a school bus’s red lights are flashing, and the stop-arm is extended, drivers must slow down and come to a complete stop; this is not a suggestion — it’s the law.”
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