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by: FriscoDotCom Active Indicator LED Icon 3 Site Admin  OP 
~ 7 years ago   Aug 17, '16 12:19pm  
Attention Frisco Drivers!!
 
As the start of the new school year approaches, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) cautions Texans to watch for children who are walking to and from school or waiting for buses. Drivers should be especially alert and careful around school buses – which make frequent stops – and always follow traffic laws regarding school buses and school zones.

“DPS is calling on drivers to do their part in keeping our children safe this school year by always obeying school zone speed limits and stopping for school buses,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “Individuals who disregard the law and illegally pass stopped school buses not only face significant traffic fines, but they needlessly put children in harm’s way – and we take these violations very seriously.”

The moments when students are entering or exiting a bus can be one of the most dangerous times during a child’s trip on a school bus. Accordingly, DPS urges drivers to slow down and pay attention in school zones, since children may unexpectedly step into a roadway without checking for oncoming traffic.

State law requires that approaching drivers stop when a bus is stopped and operating a visual signal – either red flashing lights or a stop sign. Drivers should not proceed until the school bus resumes motion; the driver is signaled by the bus driver to proceed; or the visual signal is no longer activated. A driver does not have to stop for a school bus that is operating a visual signal if it is on a highway with roadways separated by an intervening space or physical barrier. (If a highway is divided only by a left-turning lane, the roadways are not considered separated, and drivers must stop for school buses.)

Drivers who illegally pass school buses face fines up to $1,250 for a first offense. For individuals convicted of this offense more than once, the law allows the individual’s driver license to be suspended for up to six months. (A ticket for illegally passing a school bus cannot be dismissed through defensive driving.)
 
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SloPoke Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 7 years ago   Aug 18, '16 8:17pm  
School starts MONDAY!!!!!! YYYEEEEEE HHHAAAWWWWWWW!!!!
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mrsjones59 Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 7 years ago   Aug 20, '16 9:15pm  
Only 2 more years....only 2 more years.....only 2 more yrs
 
I just keep saying it......yay!
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Frisco95 Active Indicator LED Icon 3
~ 7 years ago   Aug 21, '16 9:41am  
I am the odd ball... I'm happy my kids go back to their friends but I really miss summer and doing stuff with them. Every year summer seems to pass quicker! This one especially. I got to see my son for about a total of 48 hours!! And rarely got to talk to him... DD is owing an online HS class and she studied so much.. Did an 18 week course in about 8 weeks and is starting the second semester now.
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~ 7 years ago   Aug 21, '16 11:27am  
Ash is ready, its Momma who's not...lol
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Frisco95 Active Indicator LED Icon 3
~ 7 years ago   Aug 21, '16 7:07pm  
Daughter has beem back with football practice for 2 weeks..so school is starting back at full speed but I am ready for routine again...
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mrsjones59 Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 7 years ago   Aug 21, '16 8:32pm  
Same here.
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Pookie1263 Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 7 years ago   Sep 2, '16 7:18pm  
Instructions for those that forget what turn signals are!
 
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Frisco95 Active Indicator LED Icon 3
~ 7 years ago   Sep 2, '16 9:02pm  
There were 2 scary videos of kids in intersections being hit... One was a person running a stop sign of a bus - that one looked horrible!
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 2, '16 9:10pm  
That video from Houston was horrifying
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mrsjones59 Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 7 years ago   Sep 2, '16 9:10pm  
It looked like they didn't even stop
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Frisco95 Active Indicator LED Icon 3
~ 7 years ago   Sep 3, '16 2:21pm  
I wondered if they stopped! DD had a friend hit very similar to the one without the bus. He was over halfway across and a car ran a stop sign and hit him. In this hospital close to a week. Later they said the guy called and wanted money to fix his hood where the boy landed and dented the hood. He also threatened to SUE the kid!!
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