It is also important to educate children about safety rules for loading and unloading a school bus. The age range of the victims was 5 to 15 with the greatest number of deaths occurring in the younger age range. Most of the students were killed outside the front of the bus in clear weather. I saw a sign downtown the other day. It said drive as if your children were playing here.
Most people don t do that.
Some experts say the best way to convince kids to be careful on roadways is to show them with graphic videos and pictures the damage an automobile can do. These kids live in a visual world. It s something they ve experienced from the time they re young children, says Linda Schrenko, a state school superintendent. For them, seeing is believing. Slowing Down Saves Lives Studies show that a child or adult hit by a car is less likely to be injured or killed if the car is driving at a slow rate of speed.