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safeTy Tips

Parents, get to know your bus driver. Be visible at the bus stop. Get out of your car and stand with your children.

Teach your children to stay back from the street and never go near the bus unless they are loading or unloading. When unloading, teach them to go directly to a safe location away from the bus and the street.

Please keep your bus stop safe by asking the children to load and unload in an orderly fashion. Please make sure their hands are free and all their belongings are inside their school bag. Do not allow running or horse play at the bus stop.

If anything is dropped during loading or unloading the bus, students must wait for instructions from the bus driver before attempting to retrieve it.

Teach your students to Stop, look left, right, and then left again before crossing the street.

The Mission

Amend current laws to make Stop Arm Violation penalties enforceable. Once laws have been amended, work with school systems to find cost effective ways to equip buses with stop arm cameras that have the ability to transmit images of illegally passing motorist to law enforcement agencies, for the purpose of issuing tickets. Implementanation-wide Operation StopArm marketing campaign to educate and awaken drivers to the dangers of illegally passing school buses.

We’re here to help you . . .

Educate parents and students in how to maintain a safe bus stop. Find cost effective ways to add stop arm cameras to school buses. Educate motorists on the GA School Bus Stop Law. Spread awareness of the dangers of illegally passing motorists. Bring together school systems and law enforcement agencies to enforce stop arm violations.

PRESENTS

A SCHOOL BUS STOP SAFETY GUIDE

According to the NHTSA, 21 children under the age of 19 die every year as pedestrians getting on and off buses

Sheri Lewis 404.218.5461 sheri@operationstoparm.info www.operationstoparm.info

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Dogs In Cars M o s t of us smile when we see a dog’s face happily hanging out of a car window. I know I do, however, I also tend to worry a bit for their safety.

There are legitimate reasons for these worries. While they may be loving the smell of the breeze and the wind in their faces and fur, it’s a risky venture for 3 reasons in particular. One, it means he is not properly restrained.

Two, he is at high risk of eye, ear, face and mouth injury from airborne objects when his face is hanging out the window and three, letting his body hang out increases the risk that he could be thrown out of the vehicle

Susan Hartsfield Tanner Windermere Pet Sitter 678-755-2931 bulldawgsusan@yahoo.com

during a collision, lose his balance and fall out of the open window during an abrupt turn or maneuver... or jump out to threaten another dog or person.

There are various seat belt type options these days to restrain your pup. Do your homework to figure out the best one for your baby. A pickup truck poses even more of a threat if in the bed area. He can easily fall and be injured or killed on impact or get struck by another vehicle. Even if tethered, it can tangle or choke him. It is best to place him in a kennel for safety.

A small pet can crawl into the footwell interfering with the brake and accelerator pedals. if he is in your lap, he can easily be injured or killed by the airbag and a larger dog can interfere with your view of the road. Unrestrained pets could be thrown through a window during a wreck and escape... or even worse, become injured or killed.

So before you put your dog in a vehicle, ask yourself if you really need to take him with you... and if the answer is no, it’s best to leave him safely at home.