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Brandon Hayes had far too many close calls regarding student safety during his nine years as a school-bus driver. “I’ve experienced it myself,” said the chief transportation officer for Township High School District 113 in Highland Park. “I’ve seen cars barreling down on a stopped bus. I’ve had to blow the bus horn. “We’ve had near-misses. As a driver, to sit in that sit and not be able to tell if a car is going to stop or not — and to have students outside the bus not paying

A newly released National School Bus Safety Action Plan developed with leadership from the Governors Highway Safety Association and partners across the student transportation industry, aims to address the issue of illegal drive-arounds. The report outlines dozens of recommendations designed to reduce illegal passings and improve safety around school buses nationwide. The Ongoing Challenge of Illegal Bus Passing Each year, transportation officials report thousands of inciden

School buses are one of the safest forms of transportation in the U.S., yet the most dangerous moments for students don’t happen on the bus, they happen around it. Every day, millions of children rely on motorists to obey stop-arm laws. And every day, too many don’t. National survey data shows tens of millions of illegal stop-arm passings occur each year, putting students at risk when they’re boarding or exiting the bus. This is the problem we set out to solve at BusGates. Ex