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Posted on: August 2, 2022

[ARCHIVED] Back to School Safety Tips

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Safety Tips

As students prepare to return to school, take the time to review some tips and reminders to help them have a safe school year.

  • Slow down in school zones.
  • Watch for children crossing streets, and for directions from crossing guards.
  • Put your phone away. 
  • Be extra vigilant on streets adjacent to schools, especially at the beginning and end of school days. 
  • Watch for children darting out from between parked cars. 
  • Put your phone away - state law bans the non hands-free use of cell phones and texting while driving. 
  • Drop off and pick up in designated areas.
  • Stop for buses loading or unloading students.
  • Watch for warning signs and signals.

For more school safety tips, visit nhtsa.gov and nsc.org

Download a Back to School Safety Checklist Here

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Stopping For a School Bus & Other Tips

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If you are driving, remember these simple rules:

  • Yellow flashing lights on a school bus mean slow down — don’t speed up — because the bus is preparing to stop. There are likely students waiting to get on the bus or parents waiting nearby to pick up children. 
  • Red flashing lights mean stop — and wait at least 20 feet behind the bus — because children are getting on or off the school bus. Stay stopped until the red lights stop flashing, the extended stop-arm is withdrawn, and the bus begins moving.
  • Even when lights aren’t flashing, watch for children, particularly in the morning or mid-afternoon, around school arrival and dismissal times. Be alert as you back out of a driveway, or drive through a neighborhood, school zone or bus stop.

Safety Tips for Students

  • Always cross streets at corners where there are traffic signals and designated crosswalks.
  • Make eye contact with drivers before crossing in front of them.
  • Always walk on the sidewalk.
  • Walk facing traffic, if there are no sidewalks.
  • Always look left, right, and left again before crossing the street.
  • Never run out into the street or cross between parked cars.
  • Bike riders, wear your helmet and walk your bike across crosswalks.

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