OSHP gives school bus safety program

Ohio State Highway Patrol information

The Van Wert Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol recently held a school bus safety program for Lincolnview elementary kindergartners in connection with National School Bus Safety Week, October 21-25. The theme for the week is “Stand Back from the Yellow and Black.”

Van Wert Post Commander Lt. Les Brode, Trooper JJ McClain, and Inspector Tina Eley taught students how to properly get on and off a bus, the whereabouts of the school bus “danger zone”, gave an emergency window demonstration, conducted a rear door evacuation and went through emergency practice situations.

The video, “Be Cool, Follow the Rules of School Bus Safety”, was also shown to the kindergarten students.

Patrol staff also provided 10 basic school bus safety rules for students. Those rules include:

• Be on time
• Never run to or from a school bus
• Stand back from the curb
• Don’t push or shove
• Stay in your seat
• Don’t yell or shout
• Always obey the bus driver
• Wait for the driver’s signal before crossing
• Always cross at least 10 feet in front of the bus
• Never crawl under a school bus

Kindergarten students also participated in a coloring contest sponsored by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.