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Article: National School Bus Safety Week Reminds Motorists to Turn off Technology and Heed School Bus Stop Arms
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 16, 2009
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To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS
Contact: Maureen Richmond, or Bonnie Bastian, both of First
Student, Inc., +1-513-362-4600
CINCINNATI, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, school buses are seven times
safer than passenger cars. Unfortunately, motorists illegally
passing the stopped school bus present an increased risk to students
boarding and leaving the bus. First Student joins the National
Association of Pupil Transportation (NAPT) to raise awareness for
National School Bus Safety Week - October 19 to 23 - and to remind
motorists to turn off mobile devices and heed the school bus stop
arm.
The use of mobile devices while driving increases ...