of school bus safety,” Leber added. The football themed “Know When It’s Safe to
Pass” PSA is authorized by the Senate resolution and is expected to be released this month to coincide with the Super Bowl. Ward said CSN is working with several well-known professional athletes to create messages to promote the idea that quarterbacks must make correct decisions, especially when the big game is on the line. But illegally passing a stopped school bus is more than a bad mistake. It endangers the lives of children. Leber said he believes motorists must make the right call behind the wheel when they approach school bus stops. And that is to always stop and remain stopped until the flashing red lights and stop arm deactivate. The CSN campaign also provides free resourc-
es that explain in plain language with visuals when it is safe and lawful to pass school bus- es in either direction. And it seeks to improve how school bus safety is covered on not only state-administered driving tests but interna- tionally as well. Leber said information must be updated to reflect real-world driving situations. “We intend to ask the U.S. State Department
to require basic instruction on school-bus laws for visitors who will be driving in the U.S., and to encourage rental car companies to voluntarily provide school-bus safety information, authored by CSN, particularly to international renters and especially during back-to-school periods,” he added. “This is about removing ignorance as an excuse before it becomes a tragedy.” The Michigan Association for Pupil Transpor-
tation is working on this issue and has supported state legislation to increase fines for people who run red lights at stopped school buses. Fines for passing a stopped bus can reach $500. Katrina Morris, executive director of MAPT, said efforts are underway to educate drivers about the importance of stopping when they see a school bus stop arm through fun, infor- mative PSAs. She worked last fall with Ryan Preece, a pro-
fessional NASCAR driver on team RFK Racing owned by Jack Roush, founder of ROUSH Enterprises and the ROUSH CleanTech division, to make a public service announcement on the importance of not passing stopped school buses. As a racecar driver, Preece likes to go fast and not stop, the PSA says. It shows him not stopping for a tire change at a pit stop and not
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