The exact locations will be announced the afternoons of the checkpoints. That information will be released to the countywide media outlets and, because of operational logistics, will not be posted on this website. Joseph Wiggins died in July 1997. Court dates have not yet been set. Most of those students will be transported to and from school by a familiar yellow bus and the Ohio State Highway Patrol wants motorists to use extra caution when they are approaching those stopped school buses.
Students are at the greatest risk of death or injury when they are entering or exiting a school bus.
Everyone needs to work together to ensure our children remain safe. A child s life is worth much more than the 30 seconds that you will have saved just because you don t want to be stopped, Colonel Kenneth B. Marshall, Patrol superintendent said. School buses are equipped with both amber and red warning lights to advise motorists a stop is being made. Red flashing lights mean STOP, children are boarding or leaving the bus. Motorists approaching from either direction are required to stop at least 10 feet from the stopped school bus and are not to resume motion until the bus has departed.