{"id":105411,"date":"2018-08-02T07:40:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T12:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=105411"},"modified":"2018-08-02T07:40:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T12:40:50","slug":"patrol-urges-caution-around-school-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/08\/02\/patrol-urges-caution-around-school-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrol urges caution around school buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Ohio children head back to school this month as summer comes to a close. For many students, their day starts and ends by riding on a school bus. School buses are required to be inspected twice every year to ensure they are safe to transport children to and from school, as well as to school-sanctioned events.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/osplogo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"160\" \/>From 2015 to 2017, a total of 4,198 drivers were convicted of failing to stop for a school bus that was loading or dropping off passengers. As the buses return to the roadways, the Ohio State Highway Patrol has a few reminders for motorists. Motorists are required to stop at least 10 feet in front of or behind a school bus when flashing lights and an extended arm are displayed, and cannot resume driving until the school bus begins moving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafety on the roadway is a shared responsibility,\u201d said Lt. Jonathon Gray, commander of the Van Wert Post. \u201cMotorists should always exercise caution while children are boarding and exiting school buses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Patrol reminds motorists to plan ahead and allow extra time for school bus stops.<\/p>\n<p>For a complete statistical breakdown of school bus inspections, crashes, and passing stopped school bus violations, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statepatrol.ohio.gov\/doc\/School_Bus_Bulletin_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.statepatrol.ohio.gov\/doc\/School_Bus_Bulletin_2018.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information Thousands of Ohio children head back to school this month as summer comes to a close. For many students, their day starts and ends by riding on a school bus. School buses are required to be inspected twice every year to ensure they are safe to transport children to and from school, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 22:58:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}