蘑菇短视频

The 蘑菇短视频 Safety Center at the 蘑菇短视频 is teaming up with the 蘑菇短视频 School Boards鈥� Association and several other collaborating agencies for the 鈥淭ake 1 for Zero鈥� project, funded through the 蘑菇短视频 Department of Transportation Highway Safety and Traffic Division. This project involves several partners including: the 蘑菇短视频 State Highway Patrol, the Center for Education Safety, the 蘑菇短视频 Parent Teacher Association (Mo PTA), 蘑菇短视频 Association of Student Councils (MASC), 蘑菇短视频 Association of Pupil Transportation (MAPT), nationally recognized traffic safety specialist Cara Filler, and other traffic safety partners throughout the state.

 

The goal of the project is to make 鈥�1鈥� major impact on roadway safety by focusing on school bus stop arm violations throughout 蘑菇短视频. The act of illegally passing a stopped school bus with red lights flashing is commonly known as a 鈥渟top-arm violation鈥�.  This is a major problem across the country, based on data from the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation (NASDPTS) that show::
- 17 million motorists commit stop-arm violations each school year
- 95,494 illegal passes were recorded from a 2019 survey of 39 states conducted by NASDPTS
- 60% of motorists passed from the front of the bus and 97% passed on the left side of the bus (stop-arm side), according to the NASDPTS survey

 

In 蘑菇短视频, 304.050 RSMo makes it illegal for motorists to pass a school bus that is stopped to load/unload students with its red lights flashing and stop-arm extended. However, some motorists simply choose to ignore the law. 蘑菇短视频 data is lacking and this project hopes to improve the collection and reporting.
Partners have taken on the task of raising awareness for students, parents, school staff and the public to increase awareness of attentiveness to school zones and school bus stops, while promoting existing resources that target distracted driving. Through identification of the problem by researching school districts and law enforcement agency reporting and citations given, the data can help move the project forward in reducing crashes, fatalities, and injuries at school bus loading and unloading locations. This is essential for keeping Misosuri children safe throughout the school year and reducing the law violations in the state.

The 蘑菇短视频 Safety Center will participate in the project in all areas but will focus on the data-gathering methods for identification of the problem in 蘑菇短视频 through surveys, focus groups, and feedback from law enforcement, school districts, bus drivers, and other stakeholders. The current project runs from Oct. 1, 2022 through Sept. 30, 2023 but it is hoped that the progress for this initial project will lead to further funding in the future.

 

鈥淭he 蘑菇短视频 Safety Center appreciates the opportunity to collaborate with all participating agencies on this important project. Roadway safety is something we take very seriously in the work that we do every day, and we are committed to efforts to help make our highways safer, particularly for school children," said Dr. Joanne Kurt-Hilditch, senior director of the 蘑菇短视频 Safety Center at the 蘑菇短视频.

 

Anyone who has questions or who would like additional information related to this project, should please contact Kurt-Hilditch at kurt-hilditch@ucmo.edu or Amy Roderick at the 蘑菇短视频 School Boards鈥� Association, roderick@mosba.org.