Do your part for school bus safety . . . School buses are one of the safest forms of transportation in the nation - nearly 2,000 times safer than the family car.
Accidents are rare because school districts . . .
In addition, the buses themselves are designed to withstand all but the most serious crashes without death or serious injury. The reality of school bus safety is that more children are hurt outside a bus than inside one. The child who bends over to retrieve a dropped school paper, or who walks too close to the bus while crossing the street, needs to be aware that every yellow school bus is surrounded by a danger zone. In many school districts, children are taught to escape from that zone by taking five giant steps as soon as they leave the bus. If they must cross the street after exiting, they're taught to cross in front of the bus - and to be sure they're able to maintain eye contact with the driver.