Riding the school bus is an essential aspect of many children’s everyday lives. Despite this, many individuals are unaware of how safe school buses are or how vital they are to communities. It’s difficult to justify sending children to school any other way because the school bus is the safest mode of transportation. That is…
It’s back-to-school season. Over the coming weeks, school children of all ages across North Carolina will make their way back into our classrooms. For the rest of us, that means increased traffic on our roads—including the return of school buses. With this in mind, Daggett Shuler Law would like to share an infographic created by…
Approximately 794,950 students throughout North Carolina use the school bus to get to and from school each day. The average bus ride is 24 minutes with 14,104 school buses operating each day. An accident involving a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school bus carrying 6 kids occurred earlier this week. A driver ran a stop sign while turning…
September is here, school is in session, and every morning and afternoon the neighborhoods are lined with yellow busses. When at a complete stop, school busses extend a stop sign on the left hand side of the vehicle called a stop-arm, alerting traffic in both directions to come to a halt. However, vehicles do not…
Are bicyclists in North Carolina required to use lights at night? Yes. When riding at night, bicycles must use proper light equipment. Lights are required from sunset to sunrise. A front light must be visible from 300 feet ahead, and a rear right or red reflector must be visible from 200 feet. Visibility is very important at all times, for bike safety. For more information about bicycle safety or…
Earlier this year the Winston-Salem Journal published a series of articles about school bus safety in Forsyth County and around the triad. In the article, a study conducted by NC Stat’s Institute for Transportation Research and Education is quoted as determining that as many as 14,000 cars pass stopped school buses in Forsyth County alone each year! That number is simply unacceptable. As a community…
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Olivia Winston
