![]() When they are behind the bus, meeting the bus, or approaching an intersection where a bus is stopped.When meeting or overtaking a stopped school bus with red signal lights flashing and “stop arm” extended.“Abington School District and the Abington Police Department remind the public that Pennsylvania’s School Bus Stopping Law requires that motorists stop in the following situations: Officers would post near “trouble spots” and catch any cars that violated the stop sign. Only then did I look both ways (like five times because I was truly terrified) and ran to the sidewalk on the other side of the street.Ī few years back, before COVID, Abington School District and the Abington Township Police Department participated in “Operation Safe Stop” to create higher public awareness about bus safety among motorists as part of National School Bus Safety Week, which ran October 22-26. The bus driver honked at the driver and I was clutching onto the strap of my backpack, frozen in place for a second. Out of nowhere, a gray Jeep SUV came swerving out and past the school bus on the opposite side, almost hitting me. Two, it’s two-way next to an elementary school, and three, other drivers were also stopped. I got off the bus and was so used to just having the street safe to cross that I didn’t care to look both ways. Moments before the stop, the bus driver flicked a button that activated the flashing amber warning lights, and once the driver pulled the air brake, the red lights flashed and the stop arm was extended. ![]() Or, maybe they’ve read the “STOP” posted in big, white letters. Who am I kidding? Every driver who has passed their knowledge test knows what they are. ![]() What are all these red octagons doing on our streets? They’re like, everywhere: even on our buses.
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