{"id":1311,"date":"2018-08-18T08:29:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T08:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/?p=346"},"modified":"2018-06-20T21:40:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T21:40:58","slug":"stopping-for-school-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/2018\/08\/18\/stopping-for-school-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopping for School Buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With schools starting soon and many new au pairs who have recently arrived, we wanted to remind everyone about what to do in different situations with school buses. If you have questions, please ask us or your host parents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/school-bus-stop-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"school-bus-stop\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The rules regarding stopping for school buses are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>It is against the law to pass a stopped school bus while its lights are flashing and its\u2019 stop arm is extended.<\/li>\n<li>On undivided roadways, with no physical barrier or median, vehicles must stop on both sides of the roadway.<\/li>\n<li>Yellow flashing lights indicate that the bus is preparing to load or unload children. Motorists should slow down and prepare to stop their vehicles.<\/li>\n<li>Red flashing lights and extended stop arms indicate that the bus has stopped, and children are getting on or off. Motorists approaching from either direction must wait until the red lights stop flashing before proceeding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Police, who observe a motorist failing to stop and remained stopped for a school bus, can issue the violator a citation. Drivers failing to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk and drivers failing to exercise due caution when encountering children can be issued a citation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With schools starting soon and many new au pairs who have recently arrived, we wanted to remind everyone about what to do in different situations with school buses. If you have questions, please ask us or your host parents. 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