Prepare Your Child For School Bus Safety | Cash for Cars Atlanta

Back to school time is upon again. For many kids that means riding the bus to and from school. Keeping your child safe is important, so always stress school bus safety with your child.  You and your child need to be prepared to help ensure they get to and from school safely.  Here are a few school bus safety tips for the upcoming school year:

Do a practice run with your child: Complete a full practice run with your child at the same time of day they would be going to and getting off the bus. During your practice run, be sure to make sure they are looking both ways, waiting for signals from the bus driver and staying alert of their surroundings and strangers.

Go over the school bus safety rules: Request a complete list of all the school bus safety rules from the school or bus company. Go point by point over the list with your child and explain to them why each rule is important. Also, be sure that your child knows that behaving on the bus helps to keep them safe and the bus driver undistracted.

Get your child a “bus ride buddy”: Find a trusted parent with a child on the same route that you can depend upon to ensure your child has somewhere to go in the event of an emergency that keeps you from being home when your child gets off the bus.

Communicating and stressing the importance of school bus safety with your child can go a long way.  If you transport your child in your car, be sure your car is safe and checked out as well. If you have a car that is not suitable to transport your child in, then sell it to us. We buy cars in any condition and pay top dollar. Sell your old vehicle to us anywhere in Metro Atlanta. We offer free quotes and same day pick. As a trusted cash for cars company in Atlanta, our fast and friendly service is top notch and we value every customer who calls us.

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Have You Illegally Passed A School Bus? | Cash for Cars Atlanta

Children are precious, so keeping them safe is a top priority for most of us.  One area where they are at  risk for injury or death is exiting the school bus. This is why laws and procedures are put in place to make their exit from the school bus safe. These procedures are designed to protect our little ones from being hit by a car accidentally.  According to the NTHSA, “Every one of the 50 states has a law making it illegal to pass a school bus with its red lights flashing and stop-arm extended that is stopped to load or unload students. “

So why are so many cars still going around a stopped bus when their lights are flashing and the arm is out? When drivers don’t immediately see a child they will often try to pass the bus on the left or right, not even considering the potential danger in doing this.  Even though the risk of a child being injured this way is low, the potential for it to be a fatal or serious injury is very high. 

Drivers need to be patient and just wait! Nothing you have to do is worth a child’s life. 

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