Petition for National Safety Campaign to get drivers to #STARTSTOPPING for school buses
Petition for National Safety Campaign to get drivers to #STARTSTOPPING for school buses
Why this petition matters
#startstopping
Stop arms and flashing school bus lights are NOT just a suggestion!!
A horrible school bus accident led me to look up just how many people ignore the law and pass a stopped school bus. I was shocked to find that it happens MILLIONS and MILLIONS of times a year. Our children face so many challenges and dangers every day but the act of getting on or off a school bus, with flashing lights and arms down, should be safe. Our laws have tried to make it safe, yet the safety features put in place to protect children are ignored millions and millions of times a year.
I can’t comprehend the selfishness that makes a driver believe a child’s safety is not worth the few minutes of their time to wait for a stopped bus.
How can we prevent a tragedy from ever happening again? We need to ban together. We need to decide that following this law is critical to the lives of children everywhere. We want people to follow the laws already in place!
My children are grown and no longer board a bus twice a day but my grandchildren do. I don’t personally know the little girl who died or her little sister or mother who witnessed the horror. Really, I am a just a regular citizen who is tired. Tired of reading stories about people being injured or killed by drivers who ignore traffic laws. It happens every day...speeders in work zones, red light runners, drunk drivers and distracted drivers...We can’t stop them all but we can make a difference. The least we can do is make our bus zones safer.
Our children need to be safe at school bus stops. No parent in the United States should ever have to experience the loss of their child because a driver couldn’t stop for school bus.
While it’s far from enough, it’s a start. Please support this petition to increase driver awareness and get everyone to #startstopping