Transcript I-WALK Partnership & Purpose

Safe Vehicles
 School buses are designed specifically to protect students on and
off the bus with special safety features not available on any other
vehicle
Size &
Flashing
Red lights
Height
 Safety features of school buses include:
 Color
 Size and height
 Reinforced sides
 Flashing red lights
 Cross view mirrors
 Crossing & stop sign arms
Reinforced
Reinforced
Sides
Sides
Rearview
Mirrors
Cross view
Mirrors
Crossing Gate
Stop Arm
Sign
 According to the American School Bus
Council, a yellow school bus is:
 13 times safer than other modes of
travel, including your family automobile,
passenger trains, airplanes, transit
buses or inter-city buses
 Children driving to school or riding with
teenage drivers are 44 times more likely
to be fatally injured!
 http://americanschoolbuscouncil.org/
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 “THE DANGER ZONE” is the 10-15 foot area
immediately around the school bus.
It’s especially dangerous because students can
stand in places in which the driver of the bus
cannot see.
The most DANGEROUS area is around the front
of the bus and around the rear wheels
Students are to be instructed at least twice yearly
about the DANGER ZONE!
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 Elementary students (grades K-8)
are entitled to transportation only
if they live more than 2 miles from
their designated school
 High school students (grades 9-
12) are entitled to transportation
only if they live more than 3 miles
from their designated school
 Riding time shall not exceed 60
minutes for elementary students
and 75 minutes for high school
students, unless limit is waived by
the parent
 Always obey the school bus
driver
 Stay seated at all times
 Keep the noise level low
 Keep your hands and feet to
yourself
 Keep the bus clean
 Treat your fellow riders the
same way that you like to be
treated
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Though other motorists are supposed to slow down or
stop when around a school bus, sometimes they don’t!
Generally, other motorists are supposed to:
 Slow down when a school bus has
the amber lights flashing
 Not pass when following a school
bus whenever any of the amber or
red school bus lights are flashing
 Whether following or meeting a
school bus, other motorists should
stop whenever the red lights flash or
the stop arm is extended.
Again, these are the things that other motorists should do, but
sometimes they don’t! Since sometimes they don’t, you should always:
 Cross with care when crossing a street
 Watch for the school bus driver to signal you to cross
 Make sure you can see the bus driver – because if you can’t see the
bus driver, the bus driver most likely cannot see you
 If you drop something near the school bus, alert the driver so the bus
doesn’t run over you
 Never chase the school bus
 And remember the DANGER ZONE!
THIS is what it’s all about…………..
Our most precious cargo – YOU!!
Iowa Based Web Sites!
 IDOE (Department of Education)
www.iowa.gov/educate
 IPTA www.4ipta.org
 Iowa State Patrol www.dps.state.ia.us
 Iowa Department of Public Health
www.idph.state.ia.us
 State of Iowa Official Website www.iowa.gov
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National Web Sites!
 NAPT - National Association of Pupil Transportation
www.napt.org
 NASDPTS - National Association of State Directors of
Pupil Transportation Services - www.nasdpts.org
 School Bus Information Council www.schoolbusinfo.org
 School Bus Fleet Magazine
www.schoolbusfleet.com
 School Transportation News www.stnonline.com
 American School Bus Council
www.americanschoolbuscouncil.org
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National School Bus Safety Week!
 Always the third full week of October each year!
For more info, go to www.napt.org
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Max Christensen
Department of Education
515-281-4749
[email protected]
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Dave Kramer
Iowa Pupil Transportation Association
515-247-4693
[email protected]