{"id":344,"date":"2015-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/close-call-with-waiting-school-kids-causes-anger-concerns\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:29:18","slug":"close-call-with-waiting-school-kids-causes-anger-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/close-call-with-waiting-school-kids-causes-anger-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Close call with waiting school kids causes anger, concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The images of three school children near Seattle, Washington nearly being hit by a car made national news this week, as it served as a poignant reminder that drivers must be aware of their surroundings and obey traffic laws pertaining to school buses.<\/p>\n<p>The security video from the bus driver showed the bus doors opening as normal, and the children getting ready to step out into the road and on to the bus; when out of nowhere, a car zips by; nearly hitting the startled children. This is not the only instance of a close call involving inattentive drivers and children waiting to board school buses. In Minnesota, video of a semi-truck driver bypassing a stopped school bus likely made parents angry as it nearly plowed over a child who was waiting for the bus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, according to an<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/video\/speeding-suv-hits-school-children-30638612\" target=\"_blank\"> ABC News.com report,<\/a> school bus drivers across 29 states, including New York, indicated that they saw more than 70,000 violations. While no statistics were given regarding the number of children injured by inattentive drivers, it is a concern that should raise an alarm with parents and drivers alike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/close-call-with-waiting-school-kids-causes-anger-concerns\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Close call with waiting school kids causes anger, concerns\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The images of three school children near Seattle, Washington nearly being hit by a car made national news this week, as it served as a poignant reminder that drivers must be aware of their surroundings and obey traffic laws pertaining to school buses. The security video from the bus driver showed the bus doors opening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Close call with waiting school kids causes anger, concerns &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; April 29, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Close call with waiting school kids causes anger, concerns - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/close-call-with-waiting-school-kids-causes-anger-concerns\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Close call with waiting school kids causes anger, concerns &#8212; 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