Visit us in booth 629 to learn how we can help you change the danger zone into a safety zone.
We’re excited about this year’s NAPT Annual Conference and Tradeshow and looking forward to continuing conversations about Danger Zone Safety.
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360 degrees of Safety around the School Bus
64% of the school-age pedestrians fatally injured in school-transportation-related crashes in the last decade were struck by the school buses themselves. (NHTSA, Traffic Safety Fact Sheet, 2017)
Two deadly contributors to these preventable accidents are:
1) Driver Distraction and
2) Vehicle Blind spots
Whether we are drivers, pedestrians, or passengers, we all grow comfortable in our surroundings. Our everyday routines (driving to work, catching a school bus or walking to the bus stop) become the foundation for habits that, more often than not, are conducted in “autopilot mode.”
Not being fully present while navigating traffic is commonplace. But given the number of accidents attributed to distraction, looking for ways to be more awar
According to the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), every 10 days one person is struck by a bus in North America. One of the main causes of this sad statistic is blind spots on transit buses. Turning a several ton bus is quite a challenge, with left turns being especially dangerous. The good news is there is a quick fix to eliminate bus blind spots by using advanced perimeter safety technology while long term solutions such as structural changes to the design of buses and Vision Zero campaigns are put in place.
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