School bus safety tips for students and drivers as back to school approaches

[Music] students will be back on school buses and in the classrooms in just a few days 22 news reporter Kar Smith explains how to keep everyone safe on your morning commute there are plenty of tragedies out there we don't want one school is almost back in session and there will be a lot more school buses on the roads and students crossing the street lllo police chief Daniel Vada says that as more buses start to come on the roads people need to be more aware of their surroundings things and really learn the rules of the road we ask that the motorists uh and pedestrians bicyclists anybody that's traversing the uh the public ways uh definitely have to be much more attentive put the phones down pay attention to what they're doing pay attention to driving we'll have a lot more uh activity when it comes to uh School a children on bicycles School a children Crossing crosswalks going to the schools according to State officials about 400,000 Massachusetts students are transported by school buses annually most School Bus related injuries are with pedestrians who are boarding or exiting the bus but while drivers have their responsibility to prevent these kinds of incidents pedestrians do as well that includes wearing bright colored clothing stopping and looking before crossing the street remaining visible at all times and crossing streets at crosswalks or intersections when it's safe working for you K Smith 22 News